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The Gondi : family strategy and survival in early modern France /

Charting the rise of one of the great families of late sixteenth-century France, the Gondi, this book unravels the complex relationship between French society and Italians who held key positions within French government. It demonstrates how members of the Gondi family played a leading part in the fi...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Milstein, Joanna
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Farnham, Surrey, UK ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2013.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:Charting the rise of one of the great families of late sixteenth-century France, the Gondi, this book unravels the complex relationship between French society and Italians who held key positions within French government. It demonstrates how members of the Gondi family played a leading part in the finance, government, church and military affairs, and were indispensable counselors to the Queen Mother, Catherine De' Medici.
Description matérielle:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781409454748
1409454746
1306471117
9781306471114