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The identities of Catherine de' Medici

Title
The identities of Catherine de' Medici / by Susan Broomhall.
ISBN
9789004360822
9004360824
9789004461819
Publication
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]
Physical Description
xiv, 394 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Summary
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Broomhall, Susan. Identities of Catherine de' Medici Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 24, 2021
Series
Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions ; volumes 228.
Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions, volumes 228
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-387) and index.
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.
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