Knecht, Robert Jean
KNECHT, Robert Jean
KNECHT, Robert Jean. British, b. 1926. Genres: History. Career: University of Birmingham, lecturer, 1959-68, sr. lecturer, 1968-77, reader, 1977-85, professor of French history, 1985-92, emeritus professor and honorary senior research fellow in modern history, 1993-. Publications: (ed.) The Voyage of Sir Nicholas Carewe, 1959; Renaissance and Reformation, 1967; Francis I and Absolute Monarchy, 1969; The Fronde, 1975; (co-ed.) Wealth and Power in Tudor England, 1978; Francis I, 1982; French Renaissance Monarchy: Francis I and Henry II, 1984, rev. ed., 1996; French Wars of Religion, 1989, rev. ed., 1996; Richelieu, 1991; Renaissance Warrior and Patron: The Reign of Francis I, 1994; The Rise and Fall of Renaissance France, 1996, 2nd ed., 2001; Richelieu, 1997; Un prince de la Renaissance: Francois 1et et son royaume, 1998; Catherine de' Medici, 1998; The French Civil Wars, 2000; The French Religious Wars, 1562-98, 2002. Address: 79 Reddings Rd, Moseley, Birmingham B13 8LP, England.