Marguerite de Navarre: Mother of the Renaissance

449 Pages·2005·2.859 MB·English

by  Patricia Francis Cholakian, Rouben C. Cholakian

Marguerite de Navarre

Marguerite de Navarre
MOTHER OF THE RENAISSANCE
Patricia F. Cholakian and
Rouben C. Cholakian
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS NEW YORK
Columbia University Press
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Cholakian, Patricia Francis.
Marguerite de Navarre : mother of the Renaissance /
Patricia F. Cholakian and Rouben C. Cholakian
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0–23–342–6 (cloth : alk. paper)
. Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre, 492–549.
2. Queens—Navarre (Kingdom)—Bibliography.
3. Authors, French—6th century—Biography.
I. Cholakian, Rouben Charles, 932– II. Title.
DC2.M2C56 2005
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Columbia University Press books are printed on
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Patricia F. Cholakian, 933–2003
Scholar and Companion
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Contents
List of Illustrations ix
Preface xi
Chronology xvii
Map xx
Genealogy xxii
. Mother of the Renaissance 
2. Education of a Lady (492–55) 8
3. Queen in All but Name (55–520) 40
4. The Bishop of Meaux (52–524) 66
5. Envoy Extraordinary (524–526) 04
6. Queen of Navarre (526–533) 33
7. Politics and Religion (534–539) 7
8. Courtly Love—and Marriage (539–543) 207
9. And Then There Was One (543–547) 242
0. Pearls from the Pearl of Princesses (547–549) 279
Notes 315
References 391
Index 401

Illustrations
Illustrations follow page 132
. Marguerite de Navarre, ca. 544
2. Louise de Savoie
3. François I
4. Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet
5. Marguerite and François playing chess
6. Henri d’Albret, king of Navarre
7. Anne de Montmorency
8. Anne d’Heilly (Anne de Pisseleu), duchess of Étampes
9. Claude de France
0. Eleanor of Portugal
. Jeanne d’Albret
2. Another portrait of Marguerite
An autograph letter from Marguerite to her brother
appears on pages 27–28.