An authoritative historical study of Olivier IV, Lord of Clisson, the influential royal commander of France during the Hundred Years' War. Henneman (Princeton U.) draws on recent discoveries of documentation and also traditional accounts to portray the complex figure whose story is also one of Frenc
An authoritative historical study of Olivier IV, Lord of Clisson, the influential royal commander of France during the Hundred Years' War. Henneman (P...
With this volume, Professor John Henneman of the University of Iowa concludes a decade of research into the development of French royal finance in the fourteenth century. This book shows how the capture of King John II in 1356 led to a critical change in the history of royal taxation.
With this volume, Professor John Henneman of the University of Iowa concludes a decade of research into the development of French royal finance in the...
The capture of the French king John II at Poitiers in 1356 marked the end of royal taxation as a temporary, wartime expedient and its beginning as an annual assessment. John Henneman's detailed treatment of war financing in the period immediately preceding, from 1322 to 1356, is the first volume in a proposed study of royal finances in France during the fourteenth century. Mr. Henneman has chosen a chronological approach to his subject in order to show how the evolving theory and practice of taxation were affected by these turbulent years of war and negotiation, political faction and...
The capture of the French king John II at Poitiers in 1356 marked the end of royal taxation as a temporary, wartime expedient and its beginning as ...
