LEADER 02766nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910456614003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-34652-0 010 $a9786612346521 010 $a0-19-157111-3 035 $a(CKB)2550000000002852 035 $a(EBL)472222 035 $a(OCoLC)502012602 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000302634 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11947565 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000302634 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10273883 035 $a(PQKB)11607198 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC472222 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL472222 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10351301 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL234652 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000002852 100 $a20090312d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMartyrs and murderers$b[electronic resource] $ethe Guise family and the making of Europe /$fStuart Carroll 210 $aOxford $cOxford University Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (378 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-922907-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 A? 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; Index 330 $aThe 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 606 $aNobility$zFrance$vBiography 606 $aNobility$xPolitical activity$zFrance 607 $aFrance$xHistory$yWars of the Huguenots, 1562-1598 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aNobility 615 0$aNobility$xPolitical activity 676 $a944.0290922 700 $aCarroll$b Stuart$f1965-$0756383 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456614003321 996 $aMartyrs and murderers$91922386 997 $aUNINA