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1 online resource (352 pages) |
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Profiles In Power |
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Profiles In Power
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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) |
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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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Moncontour (3 October 1569)The fall of Lorraine; The peace of Saint-Germain (8 August 1570); Chapter 7 The Phoney Peace (1570-72); Marriage plans; The Dutch question; Coligny's return to court (12 September 1571); Catherine and Jeanne d'Albret; The Genlis fiasco (17 July 1572); The attempted assassination of Coligny (22 August 1572); The Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day (24 August 1572); The Black Legend; Chapter 8 The Favourite Son (1573-77); Anjou becomes king of Poland (10 May 1573); Two conspiracies at court; Henry III's accession; A divided family; Alençon's escape (15 September 1575) |
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The Holy LeagueThe Estates of Blois (December 1576-March 1577); The sixth war (1577); Chapter 9 Peacemaker (1578-84); Anjou and the Dutch revolt; Pacifying the South; The 'Lovers' War'; Duke of Brabant; The Portuguese succession; Anjou's discomfiture; Family problems; The death of Monsieur (10 June 1584); Chapter 10 The New Artemisia; The new Artemisia; Catherine's buildings; Literature and the theatre; Court festivals; Catherine as art collector; Chapter 11 Apocalypse (1584-89); The peace of Nemours (7 July 1585); La Reine Margot; Henry of Navarre; The Day of the Barricades (12 May 1588) |
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The Estates-General of Blois (1588)Conclusion; Bibliographical essay; List of of main royal edicts concerning religion, and peace treaties; List of dates; Maps; Genealogical tables; Index |
| Summary |
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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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Catherine de Médicis, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of France, 1519-1589.
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Catherine de Médicis, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of France, 1519-1589 fast |
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Katharina Frankreich, Königin 1519-1589 gnd |
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Catherine de Médicis, (1519-1589; reine de France) ram |
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Katharina (Frankreich, Königin) swd |
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Queens -- France -- Biography
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Mothers of kings and rulers -- France -- Biography
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HISTORY -- Europe -- France.
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Civilization
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Mothers of kings and rulers
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Queens
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Reines -- France -- Biographies.
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France -- Church history -- 16th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051178
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France -- Civilization -- 1328-1600.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051188
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France
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Frankreich
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France -- Histoire religieuse -- 16e siècle.
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France -- Civilisation -- 16e siècle.
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France -- 1560-1574 (Charles IX)
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France -- 1574-1589 (Henri III)
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France -- 1559-1560 (François II)
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France -- 1547-1559 (Henri II)
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Church history
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317896876 |
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1317896874 |
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