| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 345 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps, genealogical tables |
| Contents |
""Cover Page""; ""Martyrs and murderers""; ""Copyright page""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""List of maps, plates, and genealogical tables""; ""A note on coinage""; ""Invitation to a massacre""; ""'All for one: one for all'""; ""Dreams of empire""; ""Chacun à son tour""; ""Congregations, conspiracies, and coups""; ""The cardinal's compromise""; ""Bloodfeud""; ""Interlude: princess margot and the 'negress'""; ""A wedding and four thousand funerals""; ""False kings and true catholics""; ""The invasion of england""; ""Revolution""; ""Counter-revolution""; ""Epilogue"" |
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""Maps""""Genealogical Tables""; ""Further Reading""; ""Notes""; ""Photographic Acknowledgements""; ""Index""; ""plates"" |
| Summary |
The pre-eminent political and religious power-brokers of 16th-century France, the Guise family included in their number both Mary Queen of Scots and Catherine de Medici. This is a comprehensive account of their remarkable story, and their influence on one of Europe's most turbulent and formative eras |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Guise, House of.
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| SUBJECT |
Guise, House of fast |
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Guise Familie. idszbz |
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Nobility -- France -- Biography
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Nobility -- Political activity -- France
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HISTORY.
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Nobility
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Nobility -- Political activity
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Regions & Countries - Europe.
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History & Archaeology.
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France.
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Adel.
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Hugenottenkriege.
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| SUBJECT |
France -- History -- Wars of the Huguenots, 1562-1598.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051298
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| Subject |
France
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Frankreich.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2009924595 |
| ISBN |
0199229074 |
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9780199229079 |
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9780191571114 |
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0191571113 |
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