By David Potter
The interval of French heritage from Louis XI to the Wars of faith isn't mentioned via historians as a coherent complete. Surveys of the past due 15th or early 16th century have tended to place the emphasis at the contrast among 'late medieval' and 'early sleek' features. This publication stresses the continuity among medieval and Renaissance France in its associations; social framework and non secular rules, whereas taking account of recent fiscal advancements from the tip of the 15th century and the influence of the Protestant Reformation within the 16th century.
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