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The Court and Reign of Francis the First, King of France (Paperback)
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The Court and Reign of Francis the First, King of France (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - European History, Volume 2
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This two-volume work by the historian Julia Pardoe (1804 62) was
published in 1849. (Her bestselling account of life in Turkey and
her biography of Marie de Medici are both also reissued in the
Cambridge Library Collection.) Pardoe began writing poetry and
novels, but later turned to non-fiction, especially travel
narratives and historical biography. In this work, she attempts to
remove the accretions of myth which have clung to Francis I and to
his court. Noting the tendency of French historians to glorify the
monarchs of the distant past, she observes: 'it is only by
reference to the more confidential records and correspondence of
the period' that the modern historian can arrive at 'a just
estimate of the character and motives of the sovereign'. Volume 2
considers the tumultuous consequences of the Protestant reformation
and the rivalry between France and the Habsburgs, and ends with
Francis' death in 1547."
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