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Book SynopsisIn a fresh examination of the French ceremonial entry, Neil Murphy considers the role these events played in the negotiation between urban elites and the Valois monarchy for rights and liberties. Moving away from the customary focus on the pageantry, this book focuses on how urban governments used these ceremonies to offer the ruler (or his representatives) petitions regarding their rights, liberties and customs. Drawing on extensive research, he shows that ceremonial entries lay at the heart of how the state functioned in later medieval and Renaissance France.
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Framing Royal Entries Sources and perspectives Geography and Chronology Overview Chapter One: Confirming Municipal Liberties The Harangue Keys and Banners Changes to the Extramural Greeting The Loggia Chapter Two: Petitioning the King Gift-Giving The Second Harangue The Gifts Designing the Gift A Typology of Requests (1) Economic Requests (2) Defence (3) Urban Justice and Administration (4) Religious Requests Chapter Three: Accessing the King Brokers and Networks of Clientage The Chancellor Royal Secretaries and the Ratification of Urban Grants Domestiques et Commensaux du Roi Royal Women and Royal Entries Chapter Four: Royal Authority in the Provinces Planning Governors’ Entries The Canopy Governors’ Networks of Clientage Conclusion Index
