Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations viii
4. Acknowledgements ix
5. List of Abbreviations xi
6. Introduction: Oxidation Before Oxygen 1
7. 1 Of Metal and Men 39
8. 2 Une enroullure de sapience: Instituting Princely Virtues at the Court of Charles V 79
9. 3 Metaphors of the Body Politic 121
10. 4 Le fer en la playe 173
11. 5 Alain Chartier’s rooil de oubliance 245
12. Epilogue: Men Without Machines 291
13. Bibliography 313
14. Index 355