The identities of Catherine de' Medici /

"In The Identities of Catherine de' Medici Susan Broomhall provides an innovative analysis of the representational strategies that constructed Catherine de' Medici, and sought to explain her behaviour and motivations. Through her detailed exploration of the identities that the queen,...

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Autore principale: Broomhall, Susan (Autore)
Natura: Licensed eBooks
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]
Serie:Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions, 228
Accesso online:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2966505
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Riassunto:"In The Identities of Catherine de' Medici Susan Broomhall provides an innovative analysis of the representational strategies that constructed Catherine de' Medici, and sought to explain her behaviour and motivations. Through her detailed exploration of the identities that the queen, her allies, supporters, and clients sought to project, and how contemporaries responded to them, Broomhall establishes a new vision of this important sixteenth-century protagonist, a clearer understanding of the dialogic and dynamic nature of identity construction and reception, and its consequences for Catherine de' Medici's legacy, memory and historiography"--
Descrizione fisica:1 online resource.
Bibliografia:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9004461817
9789004461819
9789004360822
ISSN:1573-4188 ;