M. Wolfe 
Walled Towns and the Shaping of France [PDF ebook] 
From the Medieval to the Early Modern Era

PART I: THE WALLS GO UP (900-1325) Urban Legacies and Early Medieval Trends Lords and Towns Capetian Expansion and New Urbanism PART II: THE WALLS MOVE OUTWARD (1325-1600) Bonnes Villes and the Hundred Years’ War Royal Rulers and Their Towns Walled Towns During the Wars of Religion PART III: THE WALLS COME DOWN (1600-1750) State-Building and Urban Fortifications Opening Cities, Closing Frontiers Conclusion

MICHAEL WOLFE is Associate Dean of the Graduate Division, St. John’s University, USA.