Catherine de''Medici
by
R J Knecht
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Profiles In Power
ISBN-10
0582082412
ISBN-13
9780582082410
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Longman
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 12th, 1997
Print length
352 Pages
Weight
988 grams
Dimensions
21.00 x 14.00 x 1.90 cms
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Wife of one French king and mother of three others (Francis II, Charles IX and Henry III), Catherine de'Medici was, as Regent and Queen Mother, a key figure in French politics for 30 years. This text studies her historical influence.
Catherine de'' Medici (1518-89) is one of the most controversial of all historical figures. Wife of one French King and mother of three others she was as Regent and Queen Mother, a key figure in the French Wars of Religion. Praised as a peacemaker she has also been blamed for the Massacre of St Bartholomew (24 August 1572): Professor Knecht goes behind the familiar Black Legend to assess the real Catherine; and while no attempt is made to whitewash her he reveals a more sympathetic and, in her pragmatism, more modern figure than most of her leading contemporaries. This study, the first recent biography of her in English, by a leading scholar of Renaissance France, is a major event.
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