TY  - GEN
T1  - Portraits from the French Renaissance and the Wars of Religion
T2  - Early modern studies series ;
A1  - Thevet, André, 1502-1590
A2  - Benson, Edward
A2  - Schlesinger, Roger, 1943-
LA  - English
LA  - French
PP  - Kirksville, Mo.
PB  - Truman State University Press
YR  - 2010
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn794412688
AB  - Available for the first time in English, these thirteen selections from André Thevet's Les vrais pourtraits et vies des hommes illustres offer a glimpse of France during a time of great upheaval. Originally published in 1584, Thevet's collection contains over two hundred biographical sketches, detailing the lives of important persons from antiquity to the sixteenth century. Edward Benson and Roger Schlesinger have translated and annotated Thevet's portraits of his contemporaries, and divided them into three categories: monarchs, aristocrats, and scholars. Additionally, an extensive introduction places the work in context and describes the critical attention that Thevet and his writings have received. Together these portraits provide a history of sixteenth-century France as the country underwent tremendous change: from an intellectual renaissance and its first encounter with the New World to the Protestant Reformation and the Wars of Religion that followed. France was irrevocably altered by these events and Thevet's account of the lives of individuals who struggled with them is indispensable.--
OP  - 214
NO  - Thirteen selections from André Thevet's Les vrais pourtraits et vies des hommes illustres, originally published in 1584.
NO  - Translated from the French.
CN  - CT1010 .T48 2010eb
SN  - 9781935503606
SN  - 193550360X
SN  - 9780271090719
SN  - 0271090715
SN  - 9781931112987
SN  - 1931112983
KW  - France : Biography.
KW  - Renaissance : France : Biography.
KW  - France : History : Wars of the Huguenots, 1562-1598 : Biography.
KW  - Renaissance : France : Biographies.
KW  - France : Histoire : 1562-1598 (Guerres de religion) : Biographies.
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY : Historical.
KW  - HISTORY : Europe : France.
KW  - Renaissance
KW  - France
KW  - Geschichte
KW  - Biografie
KW  - Frankreich
KW  - 1562-1598
KW  - Biography
KW  - Biographies
KW  - History
KW  - Biographies.
ER  -