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Portraits from the French Renaissance and the Wars of Religion / Andre Thevet ; translated by Edward Benson ; edited with introduction and notes by Roger Schlesinger ; foreword by T.K. Rabb.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thevet, André, 1502-1590, author.
- Series:
- Early modern studies series ; Volume 3.
- Early modern studies ; Volume 3
- Standardized Title:
- Vrais pourtraits et vies des hommes illustres. English. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Renaissance--France--Biography.
- Renaissance.
- France--Biography.
- France.
- France--History--Wars of the Huguenots, 1562-1598--Biography.
- Physical Description:
- xxxiv, 214 p. : ill., maps, ports.
- Place of Publication:
- Kirksville, Missouri : Truman State University Press, [2010]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Available for the first time in English, these thirteen selections from André Thevet's Les vrais pourtraits et vies des hommes illustres offer a glimpse of France during a time of great upheaval. Originally published in 1584, Thevet's collection contains over two hundred biographical sketches, detailing the lives of important persons from antiquity to the sixteenth century. Edward Benson and Roger Schlesinger have translated and annotated Thevet's portraits of his contemporaries, and divided them into three categories: monarchs, aristocrats, and scholars. Additionally, an extensive introduction places the work in context and describes the critical attention that Thevet and his writings have received. Together these portraits provide a history of sixteenth-century France as the country underwent tremendous change: from an intellectual renaissance and its first encounter with the New World to the Protestant Reformation and the Wars of Religion that followed. France was irrevocably altered by these events and Thevet's account of the lives of individuals who struggled with them is indispensable.
- Contents:
- François I, King of France (1494-1547)
- Henri II, King of France (1519-1559)
- Charles IX, King of France (1550-1574)
- Gaston de Foix, Duke of Nemours (1489-1512)
- Philippe Chabot, Admiral of France (1480-1543)
- Guillaume du Bellay, Sieur de Langey (1491-1543)
- François de Lorraine, Duke of Guise (1519-1563)
- Anne de Montmorency, Constable of France (1493-1567)
- Michel de L'Hospital, Chancellor of France (1505-1573)
- Charles de Lorraine, Cardinal (1524-1574)
- Blaise de Monluc, Marshal of France (1499?-1577)
- Guillaume Budé, Parisien (1468-1540)
- Guillaume Postel (1510-1581).
- Notes:
- Translated from the French.
- Thirteen selections from Andre Thevet's Les vrais pourtraits et vies des hommes illustres, originally published in 1584.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-935503-60-X
- OCLC:
- 794412688
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