The Gondi : family strategy and survival in early modern France / Joanna Milstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Milstein, Joanna., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gondi family.

Catherine de Médicis, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of France, 1519-1589.

Catherine de Médicis.

Italians--France--History--16th century.

Italians.

France--Court and courtiers--History--16th century.

France.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (260 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Charting the rise of one of the great families of late sixteenth-century France, the Gondi, this book unravels the complex relationship between French society and Italians who held key positions within French government. It demonstrates how members of the Gondi family played a leading part in the finance, government, church and military affairs, and were indispensable counselors to the Queen Mother, Catherine De' Medici.

Contents:

The gondi in France : perceptions and realities

Money for royal endeavours

Power, prowess and prestige : the Gondi in politics

Pierre de Gondi : churchman and king's man

Gondi women.

Notes:

"First published 2014 by Ashgate Publishing"--t.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-317-03001-X

1-315-55756-8

1-317-03000-1

1-4094-5474-6

9781315557564

OCLC:

867929095