France in the Sixteenth Century

France in the Sixteenth Century by Baumgartner, Frederic J.. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780312158569.

Both the golden age of the Renaissance state and the catastrophic era of the Wars of Religion, this fascinating period in French history has been oddly neglected by English-language historians. Professor Baumgartners book fills a major gap in the textbook market: an accessible, fully current account which covers the principal political, economic and cultural themes from Francois Is successful centralization of the state, through Frances near prostration under the Catholic-Huguenot civil war, and ending with the accession of Henri IV.