Auteur: Robert J. Knecht

King Henry III of France has not suffered well at the hands of posterity. Generally depicted as at best a self-indulgent, ineffectual ruler, and at worst a debauched tyrant responsible for a series o …

King Henry III of France has not suffered well at the hands of posterity. Generally depicted as at best a self-indulgent, ineffectual ruler, and at worst a debauched tyrant responsible for a series o …

The reputation of Francis I, king of France (1515-47 ) has fluctuated over the centuries. Acclaimed as ‘noble’ and ‘great’ in the sixteenth century, he came to be unfairly denigrated under the Bourbo …

The reputation of Francis I, king of France (1515-47 ) has fluctuated over the centuries. Acclaimed as ‘noble’ and ‘great’ in the sixteenth century, he came to be unfairly denigrated under the Bourbo …