Neil Murphy (Ph.D University of Glasgow) is Senior Lecturer in Early Modern European History at the University of Northumbria. His principal interests lie in the history of France from c.1330 to c.1580. He has published widely in a range of leading journals and has a book forthcoming on the captivity of John II (1356-60).

• Introduction: Framing Royal EntriesSources and perspectivesGeography and ChronologyOverviewChapter One: Confirming Municipal LibertiesThe HarangueKeys and BannersChanges to the Extramural GreetingThe LoggiaChapter Two: Petitioning the KingGift-GivingThe Second HarangueThe GiftsDesigning the GiftA Typology of Requests(1)Economic Requests(2)Defence(3)Urban Justice and Administration(4)Religious RequestsChapter Three: Accessing the KingBrokers and Networks of ClientageThe ChancellorRoyal Secretaries and the Ratification of Urban GrantsDomestiques et Commensaux du RoiRoyal Women and Royal EntriesChapter Four: Royal Authority in the ProvincesPlanning Governors’ EntriesThe CanopyGovernors’ Networks of ClientageConclusionIndex