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1 online resource |
| Series |
Routledge library editions. The renaissance ; volume 4 |
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Routledge library editions. Renaissance ; volume 4
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Original Title; Original Copyright; Preliminary Note; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; PART I. YOUTH AND HUMILITY; I. Naked as a New-Born Babe (1519-33); II. The Bow and the Crescent (1533-59); III. The Florentine Shopkeeper (1559-60); PART II. THE ACCESSION; I. Governess of France (1560); II. Impotent Wisdom (1560-2); PART III. THE ROYAL TRAGEDY; I. Towards the Matins of Paris (1562-70); II. Machiavellism and Maternal Love (1570-7); III. The Struggle for Unity (1577-84); PART IV. THE SOLITUDE OF EVENING; I. The Victory of Violence (1584-8); II. A Dead Goat (1589) |
| Summary |
Originally published in 1968 this book is an unforgettable portrait of an impoverished orphaned daughter of the Medici, pitchforked at the age of fourteen into her royal destiny and having to bear the rivalry of Diane de Poiters and the description the Florentine shopkeeper' who nevertheless became one of the most powerful characters in the shaping of sixteenth century Europe |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 10, 2019) |
| Subject |
Catherine de Médicis, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of France, 1519-1589.
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| SUBJECT |
Catherine de Médicis, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of France, 1519-1589 fast |
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Queens -- France -- Biography
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HISTORY -- Renaissance.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- France.
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HISTORY -- General.
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Queens
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France
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429295676 |
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0429295677 |
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9781000021639 |
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1000021637 |
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9781000021448 |
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1000021440 |
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9781000021820 |
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1000021823 |
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