France post 100 Years War

[Dave Knight]

Looking for recommendations of current thinking on general as well as military history, possibly biographies?

A search of Amazon has revealed one or two potential options but it is difficult for me to gauge their quality and many cover a rather longer period than I am looking for which is essentially 1456 to 1504

Just in English unfortunately

[Andreas Johansson]

The date coverage isn't perfect, but for the military side I'd recommend a look at Potter's Renaissance France at War, which covers late 15C to mid 16C.

Kendall has a enjoyable biography of Louis XI, altho it's not the most up to date.

[Dave Knight]

Thanks Andreas.  More of an investment than I was expecting.  The first is c£60 and much to my suprise Kendall's is a similar price.

I will have to search around beyond Amazon  .  There must be some cheaper second hand copies of at least Kendall's book around

[Dave Knight]

A second hand copy of Louis XI is a reasonable price on Abebooks but the Potter book is still a little pricey at the moment - direct from the publisher with the Society discount seems to be the best option but still £50 plus.

[Erpingham]

Thanks Andreas.  More of an investment than I was expecting.  The first is c£60 and much to my suprise Kendall's is a similar price.

I will have to search around beyond Amazon  .  There must be some cheaper second hand copies of at least Kendall's book around

Remember your Boydell and Brewer Society discount (which I assume still applies).  It is/was 25%.

Abe books have at least three copies of Kendall listed for under a fiver (though postage costs are more than the book, all in under a tenner)

Also worth looking out for Kendall's translation of Phillipe de Commines (not a complete translation, just the Louis XI period)

Edit : Apologies this crossed over with dave's last post, so a bit irrelevant.

[Erpingham]

Another possibly useful book would be Massimo Predonzani & Vincenzo Alberici The Italian Wars vol 1.  This covers the French in Italy 1494-5.

[Dave Knight]

I have that one somewhere.  I remember not liking the illustrations that much but otherwise it was quite good

[Duncan Head]

Only covers the beginning of your period, but there's Ditcham's The employment of foreign mercenary troops in the French royal armies 1415-1470 available online.

[Dave Knight]

Thanks Duncan.  I don't think that much is likely to fit the period perfectly so works that extend beyond my parameters are inevitable

[Erpingham]

I have that one somewhere.  I remember not liking the illustrations that much but otherwise it was quite good

I agree.  The illustrations are a bit rubbish but there's some useful info in the text.

[kadeshuk]

Actually I think that you will find that Ditcham will give you quite a bit.