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The title originally envisaged for this book was ‘The King of Patrons’, since the reign of François I (1515-47) was a continuous pageant in which two brilliant cultures came together – Gothic France and the Italian Renaissance. A supreme patron of the arts, his court painters included Leonardo da Vinci and Andrea del Sarto, he bought works by Raphael and Michelangelo, Benvenuto Cellini was his jeweller, he founded the College de France, and collected a library http://laparkan.com/buy-tadalafil/ that became the Bibliotheque Nationale. He built palaces that not even Versailes could overshadow. No ruler has had more influence on French civilisation.This book recreates François’s personality, the politics and patronage of his turbulent reign, his court and his mistresses.
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