Queens and mistresses of Renaissance France /
This book tells the history of the French Renaissance through the lives of its most prominent queens and mistresses, beginning with Agnès Sorel, the first officially recognized royal mistress in 1444; including Anne of Brittany, Catherine de Medici, Anne Pisseleu, Diane de Poitiers, and Marguerite...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
[2013]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Agnès Sorel : the first official royal mistress
- Anne of Brittany : the limits and prospects of a queen
- The women of the court of Francis I : wives and mistresses, sister and mother
- Diane de Poitiers : an idealized mistress
- Catherine de Medici : king in all but name
- Marguerite de Valois : scandalous queen, femme savante
- Gabrielle d'Estrées : nearly a queen.