'The Contending Kingdoms'
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anglais
anglo-french
Anglo-French Relations
anne
Anne Curry
Anne De Montmorency
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Charles Giry Deloison
Charles IX
comparative monarchy studies
cultural exchange Europe
curry
De Tournon
Du Bellay
early modern Anglo-French political networks
early modern diplomacy
Edward III
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gender in international relations
Henri VIII
henry
Henry III
Henry VII
Henry VIII
Janet Backhouse
jean
Jean De Dinteville
les
Louis XI
LP Iv
Marie De La Tour
montmorency
noble elites analysis
Partition Treaties
political cooperation history
Portland MSS
Queen Regnant
Secretary Of State
State Prelates
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William Fitzwilliam
William III
Young Man
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- ISBN 9781138376106
- Weight: 380g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 19 Dec 2018
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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The kingdoms of France and England were for many centuries military, economic, cultural and colonial rivals. This is particularly true of the early modern period which witnessed the rise of French military hegemony and the expansion of English commerce. Dealing with the period 1420-1700, this collection offers a snapshot of Anglo-French relations across the three centuries from established historians and younger scholars from France, Britain and Luxembourg. Based broadly on 'diplomatic' history, but incorporating wider perspectives from cultural and social or gender history; each essay uncovers the fascinating and complex arrangements that characterize Anglo-French relations in this period. Competition and hostility between the two kingdoms there certainly was, but it took a surprising variety of forms and often proved intellectually productive for one side or the other and sometimes for both. The chapters mix treatments of broad themes and particular circumstances or individuals and each makes specific comparisons with French and English experience across the early-modern period. In so doing they elaborate and go beyond the evidence of Anglo-French hostility to explore evidence of political co-operation and cultural influences, highlighting just how close early modern England's connections with France were, even at times of crisis.
Dr Glenn Richardson is Senior Lecturer in History and Deputy Head of the School of Theology, Philosophy and History at St Mary’s University College, Strawberry Hill. He is the author of Renaissance Monarchy: The Reigns of Henry VIII, Francis I and Charles V (London, 2002) and co-editor with Susan Doran of Tudor England and its Neighbours (Basingstoke, 2005).
