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René de Challant, whose holdings ranged from northwestern Italy to the Alps and over the mountains into what is today western Switzerland and eastern France, was an Italian and transregional dynast. The spatially dispersed kind of lordship that he practiced and his lifetime of service to the house of Savoy, especially in the context of the Italian Wars, show how the Sabaudian lands, neighboring Alpine states, and even regions further afield were tied to the history of the Italian Renaissance. Situating René de Challant on the edge of the Italian Renaissance helps us to understand noble kin relations, political networks, finances, and lordship with more precision. A spatially inflected analysis of René's life brings to light several themes related to transregional lordship that have been obscured due to the traditional tendencies of Renaissance studies. It uncovers an 'Italy' whose boundaries extend not just into the Mediterranean, but into regions beyond the Alps.
Contents
Abbreviations, List of maps and tables, List of figures, Acknowledgments, Chapter 1 On the edge of the Italian Renaissance, The Italian Renaissance, The Renaissance nobility, Spatial analysis and mobility, Chapter 2 René's early career to 1536,René's early life, René and Sabaudo-Swiss politics prior to 1536, The lordship of Valangin and the counts of Neuchâtel, Before the storm, 1531-1534, Chapter 3 René's growing influence during the war years, 1536-1553,The invasions of 1536, Valangin, the Reform, and relations with the Countess of Neuchâtel, Political leadership and mobility during a time of uncertainty, Struggling for the sovereignty of Valangin, 1542-1565, Chapter 4 René and Duke Emanuel Filibert, René and Emanuel Filibert, Vercelli capture and efforts to get released, The twilight of a career, Family matters and René's last years, Historiographic perspectives of René's life, Chapter 5 Kinship and noble life, Kin relations, Relations with wives and children, Nobles and domestic life, Legal issues, Chapter 6 The Challant political networks,René's networks,-The regional scope of René's ties,-René's ecclesiastical network,-René's key subordinates, Mencia's network, Letters and information, Relations with officials, Chapter 7 Finance and brokerage, Nobles and finance, René as borrower and broker,-The financial situation inherited by René,-1526-1536: Finance and Swiss negotiations,-Finance during the war years to 1545,-From the 1545 'restructuring' to the second imprisonment, The financial implications of ransom, Financial recovery, Chapter 8 Lordship, Valangin during the war years,Beaufremont, René and the practice of lordship,-Fiefs and fiscality,-Sample castellany accounts: Châtillon, 1559-1560,-Administration of the fiefs, Chapter 9 The embodiment of spatial politics, Index.
