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 Rene's early career to 1536,Rene's early life, Rene and Sabaudo-Swiss politics prior to 1536, The lordship of Valangin and the counts of Neuchatel, Before the storm, 1531-1534, Chapter 3 Rene's growing influence during the war years, 1536-1553,The invasions of 1536, Valangin, the Reform, and relations with the Countess of Neuchatel, Political leadership and mobility during a time of uncertainty, Struggling for the sovereignty of Valangin, 1542-1565, Chapter 4 Rene and Duke Emanuel Filibert, Rene and Emanuel Filibert, Vercelli capture and efforts to get released, The twilight of a career, Family matters and Rene's last years, Historiographic perspectives of Rene'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,Rene's networks,-The regional scope of Rene's ties,-Rene's ecclesiastical network,-Rene's key subordinates, Mencia's network, Letters and information, Relations with officials, Chapter 7 Finance and brokerage, Nobles and finance, Rene as borrower and broker,-The financial situation inherited by Rene,-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, Rene and the practice of lordship,-Fiefs and fiscality,-Sample castellany accounts: Chatillon, 1559-1560,-Administration of the fiefs, Chapter 9 The embodiment of spatial politics, Index.
