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Description
[HISTORY]
by ROYE (Jean de):
The History of Louis the Eleventh, King of France, and of the memorable events that occurred during his reign, from the year 1460 to 1483, otherwise known as the Scandalous Chronicle, written by a clerk at Paris City Hall.
Printed from the true original, 1611.
In-12°. Full contemporary binding in ivory-coloured vellum. Smooth spine. Title inscription in handwritten letters. Slight loss of vellum on the front cover.
3 unnumbered pages, portrait of Louis XI as a frontispiece, 413 pages and 14 unnumbered pages comprising the Table of Contents.
The book presents itself as a detailed chronicle of events that took place in Paris and throughout the Kingdom of France during the reign of Louis XI, covering:
Military conflicts, notably the War of the League of Public Weal waged by the great lords against royal authority.
- The daily life of Parisians
- Weather conditions, the price of wheat, and news items of the time.
- Political and administrative decisions, viewed from the perspective of the Parisian bourgeoisie
This text is one of the most valuable contemporary sources for understanding France’s transition towards a modern, centralised state under the leadership of Louis XI.
Reprints of the work over the centuries, notably the 1611 edition, bear witness to historians’ enduring interest in this direct and unvarnished account of Louis XI’s reign.
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