The Power and Patronage of Marguerite de Navarre

1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-7546-0698-7
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 226 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 219 mm, Gewicht: 457 g

Reihe: Women and Gender in the Early Modern World

Although Marguerite de Navarre's unique position in sixteenth-century France has long been acknowledged and she is one of the most studied women of the time, until now no study has focused attention on Marguerite's political life. Barbara Stephenson here fills the gap, delineating Marguerite's formal political position and highlighting her actions as a figure with the opportunity to exercise power through both official and unofficial channels. Through Marguerite's surviving correspondence, Stephenson traces the various networks through which this French noblewoman exercised the power available to her to further the careers of political and religious clients, as well as her struggle to protect the interests of her brother the king and those of her own family and household. The analysis of Marguerite's activities sheds light on noble society as a whole.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stephenson, Barbara

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents: Introduction: Margeurite de Navarre: corps féminin, coeur d'homme, tête d'ange; 'Vostre treshumble et tresobeisant sujet': networking and clientage in Marguerite's correspondence; 'Vostre bonne cousine et mauvais mere': language and fidelity in the correspondence; 'La vrai dame proprietaire': Marguerite's political authority; 'Non comme soeur': the patronage relationship of Margeurite and François I; 'Je vous supplie': Marguerite's religious patronage; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Barbara Stephenson