Catherine de'Medici
Catherine de' Medici (1519-89) was the wife of one king of France and the mother of three more - the last, sorry representatives of the Valois, who had ruled France since 1328. She herself is of preeminent importance to French history, and one of the most controversial of all historical figures. Despised until she was powerful enough to be hated, she was, in her own lifetime and since, the subject of a ""Black Legend"" that has made her a favourite subject of historical novelists (most notably …
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Catherine de' Medici (1519-89) was the wife of one king of France and the mother of three more - the last, sorry representatives of the Valois, who had ruled France since 1328. She herself is of preeminent importance to French history, and one of the most controversial of all historical figures. Despised until she was powerful enough to be hated, she was, in her own lifetime and since, the subject of a ""Black Legend"" that has made her a favourite subject of historical novelists (most notably Alexandre Dumas, whose Reine Margot has recently had new currency on film). Yet there is no recent.
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- Publication Date:2014.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Taylor and Francis
- Place of Publication:Hoboken
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2014.
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- Description:1 online resource (352 pages).
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781317896876, 1317896874
- oclc:ocn884017254
- LC Classification:DC119.8
- Dewey Decimal:944.028092
Table of Contents
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of maps and genealogical tables; Dedication; List of abbreviations; Preface; Chapter 1 Daughter of Florence (1519-33); Florence and the Medici; Pope Leo X (1513-21); Clement VII (1532-34); Chapter 2 Dauphine (1533-47); The court of Francis I; Difficult years; The end of an era; Chapter 3 Queen of France (1547-59); The palace revolution of 1547; Henry II and Diane de Poitiers; International affairs; The growth of Protestantism; The peace of Cateau-Cambrésis (3-4 April 1559); Chapter 4 Queen Mother (1559-62).
The Tumult of Amboise (March 1560)The Fontainebleau assembly (August 1560); The minority of Charles IX; The Colloquy of Poissy (September 1561); The Edict of January (17 January 1562); The massacre of Vassy (1 March 1562); Chapter 5 War and peace (1562-66); Enforcing the peace; Charles IX's majority declared; The Grand Tour of the kingdom (March 1564-May 1566); Chapter 6 The End of Compromise (1567-70); The Surprise de Meaux (27 September 1567); The peace of Longjumeau (22-23 March 1568); Catherine and the Huguenots; The Huguenot flight to La Rochelle; The 'policy of elimination'
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