Frontmatter -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE: TRANSFORMATIONAL ANALYSIS -- I. Cyclical Structure and Proximal Repetition -- II. Cyclical Structure and Suprasegmental Repetition -- PART TWO: SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS -- Introduction -- III. International Affairs -- IV. Court Affairs -- V. Peripheral Episodes -- VI. Clèves-Nemours-Clèves Central Conflict -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index