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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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2021]
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| Series: | Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions,
228 |
| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2966505 |
Table of Contents:
- Heir : the Medici legacy
- Partner : the king's representative
- Mother : raising son-kings
- Friend and ally : nurturing daughter-queens
- Chief mourner of the Valois : the exclusivity of intimacy
- Carer : production and investment as protection of France
- Murderer : histories of violent emotions
- Spiritual sister : the community of Le murate.