Philippe de Commynes : : Memory, Betrayal, Text / / Irit Ruth Kleiman.
Philippe de Commynes, a diplomat who specialized in clandestine operations, served King Louis XI during his campaign to undermine aristocratic resistance and consolidate the sovereignty of the French throne. He is credited with inventing the political memoir, but his reminiscence has also been descr...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016] ©2013 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter One. The Black Box of Péronne, or Commynes and the Canon
- Chapter Two. Enseignes: What History Writes on the Body
- Chapter Three. Enseignes: Crosses and Coins, Bridges and Fences
- Chapter Four. The Prince of Talmont
- Chapter Five. Paper and Parchment
- Chapter Six. The Treasonous Saint-Pol
- Chapter Seven. The Voice in the Text
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index