Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Translator's introduction
- François Rousset and the first text on caesarean section: a commentary by Thomas F Baskett
- A New Treatise on Hysterotomotokie or Caesarien Childbirth
- Sonnet
- Dedication
- Preface to the reader
- Part 1 Definition of caesarean childbirth
- Part 2 Second proof: logic (reason)
- Part 3 Third justification: expert opinion
- Part 4 Examples documenting other worse dangers from similar operations that are not caesarean
- Part 5 Other more popular justifications
- Part 6 On the fertility that remains after caesarean section
- A short guide to surgeons on the technique of caesarean
- Approbation
- Copyright
- Appendix 1 Summary of 16th century French history
- Appendix 2 Renée de France (1510–1575), Duchess of Ferrara, Chartres, Montargis and Nemours
- Appendix 3 Jacques de Savoie-Nemours (1531–1585), Duc de Nemours and Genevois
- Index
Appendix 1 - Summary of 16th century French history
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2014
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Translator's introduction
- François Rousset and the first text on caesarean section: a commentary by Thomas F Baskett
- A New Treatise on Hysterotomotokie or Caesarien Childbirth
- Sonnet
- Dedication
- Preface to the reader
- Part 1 Definition of caesarean childbirth
- Part 2 Second proof: logic (reason)
- Part 3 Third justification: expert opinion
- Part 4 Examples documenting other worse dangers from similar operations that are not caesarean
- Part 5 Other more popular justifications
- Part 6 On the fertility that remains after caesarean section
- A short guide to surgeons on the technique of caesarean
- Approbation
- Copyright
- Appendix 1 Summary of 16th century French history
- Appendix 2 Renée de France (1510–1575), Duchess of Ferrara, Chartres, Montargis and Nemours
- Appendix 3 Jacques de Savoie-Nemours (1531–1585), Duc de Nemours and Genevois
- Index
Summary
When François I (1494–1547) was crowned its King in 1515, France was the most populous and most unified country in Europe. His great rivals for influence in world affairs were Charles V (1500–1558) of Spain and the Holy Roman Empire and Henry VIII (1491–1547) of England. Portugal, Spain and the Netherlands had taken the lead in colonial expansion and were becoming increasingly prosperous. Threatened from without and within by rival contenders for his throne, François I strengthened the powers of the Crown against the nobles and the Church of Rome. The close relationship that had existed between French kings and the Pope since the time of Clovis I (466–511) had deteriorated during the phase of the Italian wars known as the War of the League of Cambrai between 1508 and 1516; this conflict was marked by shifting alliances between the main protagonists: the Papal States, France and the Republic of Venice. In the year of his coronation, François was victorious at Marignano, retaking Milan for France; with the Concordat of Bologna (1516), he extorted from Pope Leo X the right to appoint Church officers in France – a lucrative concession.
François fostered nationalism by declaring French the administrative language of his kingdom in 1539. As an avid supporter of the Italian Renaissance, he became a major patron of the Arts and encouraged the use of French in literature.
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- Caesarean BirthThe Work of François Rousset in Renaissance France - A New Treatise on Hysterotomotokie or Caesarian Childbirth, pp. 115 - 116Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010