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Catherine de' Medici. by De Balzac, Honore

Subjects: “…Catherine de Médicis, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of France, 1519-1589 Fiction.…”
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The identities of Catherine de' Medici / by Broomhall, Susan

Subjects: “…Catherine de Médicis, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of France, 1519-1589.…”
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Dairy queens : the politics of pastoral architecture from Catherine de' Medici to Marie-Antoinette /... by Martin, Meredith (Meredith S.)

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Catherine de' Medici, the French Cybele -- Absolutism and the sexual politics of pastoral retreat -- Health, hygiene, and the hermitages of Madame de Pompadour -- Marie-Antoinette and the Hameau effect -- Regenerating the monarchy : the Queen's dairy at Rambouillet -- Epilogue.…”
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Madame Catherine by Mahoney, Irene

Subjects: “…Catherine de Médicis, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of France, 1519-1589. n 50072220…”

The Gondi : family strategy and survival in early modern France by Milstein, Joanna

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Princes, Politics and Religion, 1547-1589. by Sutherland, N. M.

Table of Contents: “…Bartholomew and the Problem of Spain11 The Foreign Policy of Queen Elizabeth, the Sea Beggars and the Capture of Brill, 1572; 12 William of Orange and the Revolt of the Netherlands: A Missing Dimension; 13 Catherine de Medici: The Legend of the Wicked Italian Queen; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W.…”
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Queens and mistresses of Renaissance France by Wellman, Kathleen Anne, 1951-

Table of Contents: “…Agnès Sorel : the first official royal mistress -- Anne of Brittany : the limits and prospects of a queen -- The women of the court of Francis I : wives and mistresses, sister and mother -- Diane de Poitiers : an idealized mistress -- Catherine de Medici : king in all but name -- Marguerite de Valois : scandalous queen, femme savante -- Gabrielle d'Estrées : nearly a queen.…”
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Queens and mistresses of Renaissance France by Wellman, Kathleen Anne, 1951-

Table of Contents: “…Agnès Sorel : the first official royal mistress -- Anne of Brittany : the limits and prospects of a queen -- The women of the court of Francis I : wives and mistresses, sister and mother -- Diane de Poitiers : an idealized mistress -- Catherine de Medici : king in all but name -- Marguerite de Valois : scandalous queen, femme savante -- Gabrielle d'Estrées : nearly a queen.…”
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Monkey by Morris, Desmond

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Martyrs and murderers : the Guise family and the making of Europe by Carroll, Stuart, 1965-

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Gender and Emotions in Medieval and Early Modern Europe. by Broomhall, Susan

Table of Contents: “…Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: Destroying Order, Structuring Disorder: Gender and Emotions; PART I: STRUCTURING EMOTIONS OF WAR AND PEACE; 1 'Now evil deeds arise': Evaluating Courage and Fear in Early English Fight Narratives; 2 Order, Emotion, and Gender in the Crusade Letters of Jacques de Vitry; 3 Married Noblewomen as Diplomats: Affective Diplomacy; 4 Ordering Distant Affections: Fostering Love and Loyalty in the Correspondence of Catherine de Medici to the Spanish Court, 1568-1572.…”
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Queens & power in medieval and early modern England / Queens and power in medieval and early modern England

Table of Contents: “…Shenk -- The virgin and the widow : the political finesse of Elizabeth I and Catherine de' Medici / Elaine Kruse -- Crafting queens : early modern readings of Esther / Michele Osherow -- "Shine like an angel with thy starry crown" : Queen Elizabeth the angelic / Anna Riehl -- Shakespeare's Queen Cleopatra : an act of translation / Richardine Woodall -- "She is the man, and raignes" : popular representations of Henrietta Maria during the English civil wars / Michelle A. …”
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The Politics of Female Households : Ladies-in-Waiting Across Early Modern Europe

Table of Contents: “…the 'flying squadron' of Catherine de Medici / Una McIlvenna -- In search of the ladies-in-waiting and maids of honour of Mary, Queen of Scots: a prosoprographical analysis of the female household / Rosalind K. …”
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Women and Power at the French Court, 1483-1563 by Broomhall, Susan

Table of Contents: “…`The King and I' -- Rhetorics of Power in the Letters of Diane de Poitiers / Susan Broomhall -- 13. Catherine de Medicis Tested by the Virtue of Charity (1533 -- 1559) -- Discourse and Metadiscourse / Denis Crouzet.…”
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The Huguenots by Treasure, G. R. R. (Geoffrey Russell Richards)

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Les plus mauvaises mères de l'Histoire : Légendes, crimes et vérités. by Libert, Louise-Marie

Table of Contents: “…Diane de Poitiers (1500-1566) : L'amante maternelle; Chapitre 9. Catherine de Médicis (1519-1566) : La " banquière " mère de trois rois et deux reines; Chapitre 10. …”
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Comment Paris s'est transformé : Topographie, moeurs, usages, origines de la haute bourgeoisie parisienne : le quartier des Halles. by Piton, Camille

Table of Contents: “…Les dits des rues de ParisRues de Paris (suite); PREMIÈRE PARTIE -- L'hôtel de la reine après la mort de Catherine de Médicis, 1589; DEUXIÈME PARTIE -- La colonne de la Halle au Blé; TROISIÈME PARTIE -- Ruggieri; PREMIÈRE PARTIE -- Hôtel de Soissons (1589-1741); DEUXIÈME PARTIE -- Hôtel de Soissons (1604-1741); -- I -; -- II -- Les Nesle ... ; -- III -; -- IV -- Catalogue Joursanvault; -- V -- Raimond du Temple; -- VI -- Règlement et constitution; -- VII -- Documents; -- VIII.…”
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Les Fêtes célèbres : De l'Antiquité, du Moyen Âge et des Temps Modernes. by Bernard, Frédéric

Table of Contents: “…. -- Procession du roi René; Le Camp du Drap d'Or à Ardres (1520); Foire de Saint-Germain à Paris; Entrée de Henri II à Lyon; Mariage de Marie Stuart à Paris; Fête donnée par Catherine de Médicis aux ambassadeurs polonais.…”
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