Francis I of France - Commentary On Francis I

Commentary On Francis I

Kirby Page writes in Jesus or Christianity, A Study in Contrasts (1929):

Principal Fairbairn of Mansfield College, Oxford, says, "The Roman amphitheater was, compared with the Place Maubert, a home of mild humanity; the gay and careless intolerance of Francis I had nothing to learn from pagan hate...

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