Download or read book Ceremonial Entries, Municipal Liberties and the Negotiation of Power in Valois France, 1328-1589 written by Neil Murphy and published by Rulers & Elites. This book was released on 2016-07 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Neil Murphy considers the role tFrench ceremonial entry played in the negotiation between urban elites and the Valois monarchy for rights and liberties. Drawing on extensive research, he shows that ceremonial entries lay at the heart of how the state functioned in later medieval and Renaissance France.