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- Title
THE LETTERS OF FRANCIS I: CULTURE, STYLE OF RULE AND THE WRITTEN WORD.
- Authors
POTTER, DAVID
- Abstract
This article aims to do a number of things: in the year of the 500th anniversary of Francis I's accession it asks why there is as yet no project for a systematic edition of his letters and how this might be achieved. It goes on to examine the cultural context of the king's letter-writing and then to examine the extent of his personal participation in the composition of the many letters sent out in his name. Finally, it examines his more personal letters and draws a striking contrast between the so-called intimate letters of the literary collections and his actual autograph letters. It is hoped in this way to point towards a problematic for beginning a serious approach to the king's correspondence.
- Subjects
FRANCE; FRANCIS I, King of France, 1494-1547; KINGS &; rulers in literature; AUTOGRAPHS; FRENCH letter writing; POLITICS &; culture; HISTORY
- Publication
French History, 2015, Vol 29, Issue 4, p445
- ISSN
0269-1191
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/fh/crv031