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1515-1589. 16th century

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  • Hugenotten in Europa und Nordamerikaby Susanne Lachenicht

    Campus Verlag 2010; US$ 51.76

    Hauptbeschreibung Tausende Hugenotten flüchteten im 16. und späten 17. Jahrhundert vor der Verfolgung in Frankreich. Susanne Lachenicht untersucht für Brandenburg-Preußen, England, Irland und die englischen Kolonien die Asyl- und Aufnahmepolitik frühneuzeitlicher Staaten und die Integration der "Franzosen" in der neuen Heimat. Ihre Ergebnisse liefern... more...

  • Politische Freundschaft bei Hofeby Christian Kühner

    Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2013; US$ 53.91

    Hauptbeschreibung Welche Rolle spielt Freundschaft in der Welt des französischen Adels im siebzehnten Jahrhundert und insbesondere in der politischen Dynamik am Hof? Diese Frage nimmt Christian Kühner in diesem Band in den Blick. Gestützt auf Briefe und Memoiren stellt er verschiedene Dimensionen der Freundschaft vor. Neben der Semantik... more...

  • Catherine de' Medici "The Black Queen"by Janie Havemeyer; Peter Malone

    Goosebottom Books 2011; US$ 14.95

    This series of historical accounts profiles strong women who took extraordinary measures to achieve and maintain power—including murder, deception, and black magic—examining the women’s reputations in the context of their eras. Just how wicked were they? The books allow readers to decide for themselves if these infamous ladies were... more...

  • Marguerite de Navarreby Rouben C. Cholakian

    Columbia University Press 2006; US$ 54.99

    Sister to the king of France, queen of Navarre, gifted writer, religious reformer, and patron of the arts?in her many roles, Marguerite de Navarre (1492-1549) was one of the most important figures of the French Renaissance. In this, the first major biography in English, Patricia F. Cholakian and Rouben C. Cholakian draw on her writings to provide... more...

  • The French Wars of Religion, 1562-1629by Mack P. Holt; William Beik; T. C. W. Blanning

    Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 27.00

    This is the second edition of a comprehensive study of the French wars of religion. Focusing on the social history of religion, it argues that this conflict was fomented by religious tensions among the population at large. The text has been updated and the 'Suggestions for further reading' entirely re-written. more...

  • Governing Passionsby Mark Greengrass

    Oxford University Press, UK 2007; US$ 164.99

    A major scholarly re-evaluation of the central period in the French 'wars of religion', concentrating on the reactions of France's governing groups to these wars and drawing extensively on sources not hitherto examined to illuminate the sense of crisis that existed among the French governing elite at this time. - ;The French kingdom dissolved... more...

  • Virgilian Identities in the French Renaissanceby Phillip John Usher; Isabelle Fernbach

    Boydell & Brewer 2012; US$ 95.00

    Virgil's works, principally the Bucolics , the Georgics , and above all the Aeneid , were frequently read, translated and rewritten by authors of the French Renaissance. The contributors to this volume show how readers and writers entered into a dialogue with the texts, using them to grapple with such difficult questions as authorial, political... more...

  • Authority and society in Nantes during the French Wars of Religion, 1558–1598by Elizabeth C. Tingle

    Manchester University Press 2006; US$ 95.00

    This study explores the theory and practice of authority during the later sixteenth century, in the religious culture and political institutions of the city of Nantes, where the religious wars traditionally came to an end with the great Edict of 1598. The Wars of Religion witnessed serious challenges to the authority of the last Valois kings of France.... more...

  • Catherine de' Mediciby Honoré de Balzac

    Andrews UK 2012; US$ 2.99

    A fascinating biography of Caterina Maria Romula di Lorenzo de' Medici, Queen consort of France in the later part of the 16th century. more...

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