1993, Cambridge, Hardback, D Potter. 393pp. 9 maps.
MINT.
A superb study of the organisation of society and Government in Picardy following the conquests of Louis XI between 1470-77 and in the Hapsburg Valois Wars.
Chapters:
1.Return to allegiance: Picardy and the Franco-Burgundian Wars,1470-93.
2. The provincial governors and politics.
3.The governors' staff and household.
4.The Picard nobility and royal service.
5. Military organization in Picardy during the Hapsburg Valois Wars.
6.Les fruictz que la guerre rapporte.
7. War, taxation and the towns.
8. Peace negotiations and the formation of the frontier in Picardy 1521-60.
ISBN: 978-0521431897