1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996392052403316

Autore

Nicholls William <1664-1712.>

Titolo

Great news from Dublin [[electronic resource] ] : giving a true and full account of the present posture of the late King James's affairs in Ireland : as also, a remarkable account of a bloody fight, maintained by a lady at her own house against the rebels : with a relation of the taking of a ship and a thousand arms as they were going to the rebels in Scotland : together with several other important matters relating to Ireland : in a letter from Chester, dated May 12

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed for John Palmer, 1690

Descrizione fisica

1 sheet (2 p.)

Soggetti

Broadsides17th century.London (England)

Ireland History War of 1689-1691

Great Britain History 1689-1714

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Signed at end: William Nichols.

Imprint from colophon.

Advertisement: p.2.

"Licensed according to order."

This item appears at reel 840:21 as Wing C133 (number changed in Wing 2nd ed.), and at reel 1730:18 as Wing N1103A.

Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0113



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910838315603321

Autore

Adams Tracy

Titolo

Agnès Sorel and the French Monarchy : History, Gallantry, and National Identity

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Piraí : , : Arc Humanities Press, , 2022

©2022

ISBN

1-80270-030-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (164 pages)

Collana

Gender and Power in the Premodern World

Disciplina

944.026092

Soggetti

Favorites, Royal - France

HISTORY / Medieval

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction. Why a New Study of Agnès Sorel? -- Part One. WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT AGNÈS SOREL AND HOW WE KNOW IT -- Chapter One. Who Was Agnès Sorel? -- Chapter Two. The Primary Sources -- Chapter Three. The First Royal Mistress in Historical Context -- Part Two THE SPECTACULAR AFTERLIFE OF AGNÈS SOREL -- Figure 1: Jean Fouquet, “Madonna Surrounded by Seraphim and Cherubim.” -- Chapter Four. Communicative Memory -- Chapter Five. Cultural Memory: Agnès as Celebrity -- Chapter Six. Agnès la Gallante -- Chapter Seven. History, Gallantry, and National Identity -- Conclusion. Agnès Sorel, Modern Celebrity -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The first full length study in English to examine the life and the afterlife of Agnès Sorel (1428-1450), a favourite of King Charles VII of France, and first in the long genealogy of French royal mistresses.