02766nam 2200589 a 450 991045661400332120200520144314.01-282-34652-097866123465210-19-157111-3(CKB)2550000000002852(EBL)472222(OCoLC)502012602(SSID)ssj0000302634(PQKBManifestationID)11947565(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000302634(PQKBWorkID)10273883(PQKB)11607198(MiAaPQ)EBC472222(Au-PeEL)EBL472222(CaPaEBR)ebr10351301(CaONFJC)MIL234652(EXLCZ)99255000000000285220090312d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMartyrs and murderers[electronic resource] the Guise family and the making of Europe /Stuart CarrollOxford Oxford University Press20091 online resource (378 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-922907-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; List of Maps, Plates and Genelogical Tables; A note on coinage; 1. INVITATION TO A MASSACRE; 2. 'ALL FOR ONE: ONE FOR ALL'; 3. DREAMS OF EMPIRE; 4. CHACUN À SON TOUR; 5. CONGREGATIONS, CONSPIRACIES, AND COUPS; 6. THE CARDINAL'S COMPROMISE; 7. BLOODFEUD; INTERLUDE: PRINCESS MARGOT AND THE 'NEGRESS'; EPILOGUE; Maps; Genealogical Tables; Further Reading; Notes; Photographic Acknowledgements; IndexThe House of Guise was one of the greatest princely families of the sixteenth century, or indeed of any age. Today they are best remembered through the tragic life of one family member, Mary Queen of Scots. But the story of her Guise uncles, aunts and cousins is if anything more gripping - and certainly of greater significance in the history of Europe. The Guise family rose to prominence as the greatest enemy of the House of Habsburg and had dreams of a great dynastic empire that included the British Isles and southern Italy. They were among the staunchest opponents of the Reformation, played NobilityFranceBiographyNobilityPolitical activityFranceFranceHistoryWars of the Huguenots, 1562-1598Electronic books.NobilityNobilityPolitical activity944.0290922Carroll Stuart1965-756383MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456614003321Martyrs and murderers1922386UNINA