The architecture of the Renaissance in France; a history of the evolution of the arts of building, decoration and garden design under classical influence from 1495 to 1830 (1911)
He renewed the adventure of Italianconquest and competed for the imperial crown. The electors preferredCharles of Austria, who, with the Empire and his vast hereditarypossessions, threatened France on all frontiers. Only in the first warwere French arms entirely successful, but the conquest of… … Tkoyfs: (Jriki, in HotelI)K Marisy. The sovereign power built up by his predecessor as a nationalasset was used by Francis and his descendants for their privateenjoyment. Disorganisation invaded every department. Extravagantexpenditure threw the finances into a chaos from which neitherexorbitant…
