Walled Towns and the Shaping of France From the Medieval to the Early Modern Era

by Wolfe, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780230608122
• ISBN10: 0230608124
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-08-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This book focuses on the ways in which military technology, political and social trends, and shifting frontiers shaped the emergence of new forms of public authority and civic life as embodied in the wall, an image at once intensely physical and deeply symbolic.It traces the evolution of towns across much of what is today France from the Middle Ages to the eighteenth century when the walls began to come down, opening up new, ultimately revolutionary possibilities for urban life.This long-term perspective on town fortifications'”how they were built, the contests to control them, and how they shaped the lives of people both inside and outside them'”in the end tell us much about the making of France.

Author Biography

Michael Wolfe is Professor of History and Graduate Dean of Arts and Sciences at St. John’s University. He is the author or editor of five previous books, including The Conversion of Henri IV (1993), Changing Identities in Early Modern France (1997) and The Medieval City Under Siege (1999).

Table of Contents

The Walls Go Up (900-1325)

Urban Legacies and Early Medieval Trends

Lords and Towns

Capetian Expansion and New Urbanism

The Walls Move Outward (1325-1600)

Bonnes Villesand the Hundred Years’ War

Royal Rulers and Their Towns

Walled Towns during the Wars of Religion

The Walls Come Down (1600-1750)

State-Building and Urban Fortifications

Opening Cities, Closing Frontiers

Conclusion

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