Download or read book War, Domination, and the Monarchy of France written by Rebecca Boone and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2007-10-30 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Claude de Seyssel's important political treatise, The Monarchy of France (1515) illuminates the link between warfare, the state, and the social order in the Renaissance. In his effort to describe a state capable of conquest and expansion, Seyssel envisioned a new social and political order with radical implications for the French monarchy.