Queens and Mistresses of Renaissance France
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Queens and Mistresses of Renaissance France

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This book tells the history of the French Renaissance through the lives of its most prominent queens and mistresses, beginning with Agnès Sorel, the first officially recognized royal mistress in 1444; including Anne of Brittany, Catherine de Medici, Anne Pisseleu, Diane de Poitiers, and Marguerite de Valois, among others; and concluding with Gabrielle d'Estrées, Henry IV's powerful mistress during the 1590s.

Wellman shows that women in both roles-queen and mistress-enjoyed great influence over French politics and culture, not to mention over the powerful men with whom they were involved. The book also addresses the enduring mythology surrounding these women, relating captivating tales that uncover much about Renaissance modes of argument, symbols, and values, as well as our own modern preoccupations.

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Publisher
Yale University Press
Year
2013
ISBN
9780300190656
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
European Renaissance History
Index
History
Agnès 
Sorel 
31
the 
hopes 
of 
the 
French 
crown 
rested. 
His 
contemporaries 
were 
even 
harsher 
in 
analyzing 
his 
character. 
They 
expressed 
frustration 
with 
his 
vacillation 
and 
inaction 
and 
detailed 
his 
neuroses, 
which 
included 
his 
fear 
of 
strangers 
and 
of 
floors, 
a 
fear 
that 
seemed 
warranted 
when 
a 
palace 
floor 
collapsed 
killing 
sev-
eral 
members 
of 
his 
court.
12
These 
comments 
reinforced 
doubts 
about 
Charles’s 
prospects 
for 
kingship; 
nothing 
about 
his 
early 
life 
inspired 
condence.
Fig. 
1.3. 
Portrait 
of 
Charles 
VII 
by 
Jean 
Fouquet. 
Louvre, 
Paris 
/ 
The 
Bridgeman 
Art 
Library.

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Introduction
  5. 1. Agnès Sorel: The First Official Royal Mistress
  6. 2. Anne of Brittany: The Limits and Prospects of a Queen
  7. 3. The Women of the Court of Francis I: Wives and Mistresses, Sister and Mother
  8. 4. Diane de Poitiers An Idealized Mistress
  9. 5. Catherine de Medici King in All but Name
  10. 6. Marguerite de Valois Scandalous Queen, Femme Savante
  11. 7. Gabrielle d’Estrées Nearly a Queen
  12. Conclusion
  13. Notes
  14. Index