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Author : martha walker freer
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Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (6 download)
Download or read book henry IV. and marie de medici written by martha walker freer and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Miss Pardoe (Julia)
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Total Pages : 498 pages
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Download or read book The Life of Marie de Medicis, Queen of France, Consort of Henry IV, and Regent of the Kingdom Under Louis XIII written by Miss Pardoe (Julia) and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kathleen Wellman
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300178859
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Queens and Mistresses of Renaissance France written by Kathleen Wellman and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2013-05-21 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the history of the French Renaissance through the lives of its most prominent queens and mistresses.
Author : Melinda J. Gough
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1487503660
Total Pages : 395 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (875 download)
Download or read book Dancing Queen written by Melinda J. Gough and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2019-01-01 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Under glittering lights in the Louvre palace, the French court ballets danced by Queen Marie de M?dicis prior to Henri IV's assassination in 1610 attracted thousands of spectators ranging from pickpockets to ambassadors from across Europe. Drawing on newly discovered primary sources as well as theories and methodologies derived from literary studies, political history, musicology, dance studies, and women's and gender studies, Dancing Queen traces how Marie's ballets authorized her incipient political authority through innovative verbal and visual imagery, avant-garde musical developments, and ceremonial arrangements of objects and bodies in space. Making use of women's "semi-official" status as political agents, Marie's ballets also manipulated the subtle social and cultural codes of international courtly society in order to more deftly navigate rivalries and alliances both at home and abroad. At times the queen's productions could challenge Henri IV's immediate interests, contesting the influence enjoyed by his mistresses or giving space to implied critiques of official foreign policy, for example. Such defenses of Marie's own position, though, took shape as part of a larger governmental program designed to promote the French consort queen's political authority not in its own right but as a means of maintaining power for the new Bourbon monarchy in the event of Henri IV's untimely death.
Author : Martha Walker Freer
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Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (55 download)
Download or read book Henry IV and Marie de Medici written by Martha Walker Freer and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Queen Marguerite (consort of Henry IV, King of France)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois, Queen of France, Wife of Henri IV; of Madame de Pompadour of the Court of Louis XV; and of Catherine de Medici, Queen of France, Wife of Henri II written by Queen Marguerite (consort of Henry IV, King of France) and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Catholic Church
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ISBN 13 : 9781851244072
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (44 download)
Download or read book The Hours of Marie De' Medici written by Catholic Church and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the turn of the fifteenth century, private devotionals became a speciality of the renowned Ghent-Bruges illuminators. Wealthy patrons who commissioned work from these artists often spared no expense in the presentation of their personal prayer books, or 'books of hours', from detailed decoration to luxurious bindings and embroidery. This enchanting illuminated manuscript was painted by the Master of the David Scenes in the Grimani Breviary (known as the David Master), one of the renowned Flemish illuminators in the sixteenth century. Every page of the manuscript is exquisitely decorated. Fine architectural interiors, gorgeous landscapes and detailed city scenes, each one depicting a narrative, form the subjects of three full-size illuminations and forty-two full-page miniatures. There are floral borders on a gold ground or historiated borders in the Flemish and Italian style on every page. It is one of the finest examples of medieval illumination in a personal prayer book and the most copiously illustrated work of the David Master to survive. The manuscript owes its name to the French Queen, Marie de' Medici, widow of King Henri IV. For a time she went into exile in Brussels, where she is thought to have acquired the manuscript before moving again to Cologne. An inscription in English states that she left the book of hours in this city, and it is here that an English manuscript collector, Francis Douce, may have acquired the book and eventually donated it to the Bodleian Library. Together with a scholarly introduction that gives an overview of Flemish illumination and examines each of the illustrations in detail, this full-colour facsimile limited edition, bound in linen, faithfully reproduces all 176 pages of the original manuscript. It is beautifully presented in a slipcase with a photographic reproduction of the original, delicately embroidered velvet binding.
Author : Nancy Goldstone
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316409677
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (164 download)
Download or read book The Rival Queens written by Nancy Goldstone and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2015-06-23 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The riveting true story of mother-and-daughter queens Catherine de' Medici and Marguerite de Valois, whose wildly divergent personalities and turbulent relationship changed the shape of their tempestuous and dangerous century. Set in magnificent Renaissance France, this is the story of two remarkable women, a mother and daughter driven into opposition by a terrible betrayal that threatened to destroy the realm. Catherine de' Medici was a ruthless pragmatist and powerbroker who dominated the throne for thirty years. Her youngest daughter Marguerite, the glamorous "Queen Margot," was a passionate free spirit, the only adversary whom her mother could neither intimidate nor control. When Catherine forces the Catholic Marguerite to marry her Protestant cousin Henry of Navarre against her will, and then uses her opulent Parisian wedding as a means of luring his followers to their deaths, she creates not only savage conflict within France but also a potent rival within her own family. Rich in detail and vivid prose, Goldstone's narrative unfolds as a thrilling historical epic. Treacherous court politics, poisonings, international espionage, and adultery form the background to a story that includes such celebrated figures as Elizabeth I, Mary, Queen of Scots, and Nostradamus. The Rival Queens is a dangerous tale of love, betrayal, ambition, and the true nature of courage, the echoes of which still resonate.
Author : Armand Jean Du Plessis Du Richelieu
Publisher : Hassell Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781013822438
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (224 download)
Download or read book Political Testament written by Armand Jean Du Plessis Du Richelieu and published by Hassell Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Miss Pardoe (Julia)
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Total Pages : 500 pages
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Download or read book The Life of Marie de Medicis written by Miss Pardoe (Julia) and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Meredith Martin
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674059476
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)
Download or read book Dairy Queens written by Meredith Martin and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2011-02-15 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a lively narrative that spans more than two centuries, Meredith Martin tells the story of a royal and aristocratic building type that has been largely forgotten today: the pleasure dairy of early modern France. These garden structures—most famously the faux-rustic, white marble dairy built for Marie-Antoinette’s Hameau at Versailles—have long been dismissed as the trifling follies of a reckless elite. Martin challenges such assumptions and reveals the pivotal role that pleasure dairies played in cultural and political life, especially with respect to polarizing debates about nobility, femininity, and domesticity. Together with other forms of pastoral architecture such as model farms and hermitages, pleasure dairies were crucial arenas for elite women to exercise and experiment with identity and power. Opening with Catherine de’ Medici’s lavish dairy at Fontainebleau (c. 1560), Martin’s book explores how French queens and noblewomen used pleasure dairies to naturalize their status, display their cultivated tastes, and proclaim their virtue as nurturing mothers and capable estate managers. Pleasure dairies also provided women with a site to promote good health, by spending time in salubrious gardens and consuming fresh milk. Illustrated with a dazzling array of images and photographs, Dairy Queens sheds new light on architecture, self, and society in the ancien régime.
Author : Marquerite de Valois
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Total Pages : 392 pages
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Download or read book Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois, Queen of Navarre written by Marquerite de Valois and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Prof. Carl J. Burckhardt
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1787206327
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (872 download)
Download or read book Richelieu written by Prof. Carl J. Burckhardt and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2017-07-11 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in English in 1940, this fascinating memoir details Cardinal Richelieu’s rise to power from bishop to cardinal and King Louis XIII’s chief minister. Cardinal Armand Jean du Plessis, Duke of Richelieu and Fronsac (9 September 1585 - 4 December 1642), commonly referred to as Cardinal Richelieu, was a French clergyman, nobleman, and statesman. He was consecrated as a bishop in 1607 and was appointed Foreign Secretary in 1616. Richelieu soon rose in both the Catholic Church and the French government, becoming a cardinal in 1622, and King Louis XIII’s chief minister in 1624. He remained in office until his death in 1642; he was succeeded by Cardinal Mazarin, whose career he had fostered. “To the reader of this biography, Richelieu becomes one of the most cunning, far-seeing, and resourceful of statesmen. One sees how the cardinal, bent upon getting behind the wheel of state, overcomes powerful opposition and finally reaches his objective. This is a work by a skilled artist....His book reads like a novel of adventure.”—Franklin C. Palm, Journal of Modern History “Professor Burckhardt has wrought brilliantly. Himself a statesman, he is particularly felicitous in his lucid analysis of complicated diplomatic tangles and his intuitive understanding of political psychology.—Arthur M. Wilson, American Historical Review “A brilliant and profound study.”—Carl J. Friedrich in The Age of the Baroque, 1619-1660
Author : Katharine MacDonogh
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312228378
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (283 download)
Download or read book Reigning Cats and Dogs written by Katharine MacDonogh and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historian Katharine MacDonogh offers a richly detailed historical account of court pets from the Renaissance to the present, addressing such themes as the attraction of animals among royalty, favored breeds, special treatment and abuses received by pets, animal treatment outside the palace, and the origin of various species.
Author : Julia Pardoe
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)
Download or read book The Life of Marie de Medicis, Queen of France, Consort of Henry IV and Regent of the Kingdom Under Louis XIII written by Julia Pardoe and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Geoffrey Russell Richards Treasure
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ISBN 13 : 9780312120405
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (24 download)
Download or read book Cardinal Richelieu and the Development of Absolutism written by Geoffrey Russell Richards Treasure and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Martha Walker Freer (afterwards Mrs. John Robinson)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book History of the Reign of Henry IV., King of France and Navarre: Henry IV. and Marie de Medici written by Martha Walker Freer (afterwards Mrs. John Robinson) and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
