Publisher's Synopsis
A two-volume history of the French ruling class during the later 16th Century and ending with the French Wars of Religion, focusing on the internal relationships of the various court factions, and factions of French society as a whole (e. g., the Hugenots), but also including the influence of Renaissance art & culture, and the relationship of the French Court to foreign powers, such as the Papacy, England, Spain and the Holy Roman Empire. Part of a larger series on the history of France.
