LEADER 04489oam 22006134a 450 001 9910777640503321 005 20240205221551.0 010 $a0-231-50868-9 024 7 $a10.7312/chol13412 035 $a(CKB)1000000000465599 035 $a(EBL)991261 035 $a(OCoLC)829462114 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000197770 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11185715 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000197770 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10160473 035 $a(PQKB)10589266 035 $a(DE-B1597)458752 035 $a(OCoLC)979576998 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231508681 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL991261 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10183350 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL854160 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC991261 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000465599 100 $a20050506d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun#---|u||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMarguerite de Navarre $emother of the Renaissance /$fPatricia F. Cholakian and Rouben C. Cholakian 210 $aNew York $cColumbia University Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (804 pages) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-231-13412-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [391]-399) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIllustrations --$tPreface --$tchronology --$tMap --$tGenealogy --$t1. Mother of the Renaissance --$t2. Education of a Lady 1492-1515 --$t3. Queen in All but Name 1515-1520 --$t4. The Bishop of Meaux 1521-1524 --$t5. Envoy Extraordinary 1524-1526 --$t6. Queen of Navarre 1526-1533 --$t7. Politics and Religion 1534-1539 --$t8. Courtly Love-and Marriage 1539-1543 --$t9. And Then There Was One 1543-1547 --$t10. Pearls from the Pearl of Princesses 1547-1549 --$tNotes --$tReferences --$tIndex 330 $aSister to the king of France, queen of Navarre, gifted writer, religious reformer, and patron of the arts-in her many roles, Marguerite de Navarre (1492-1549) was one of the most important figures of the French Renaissance. In this, the first major biography in English, Patricia F. Cholakian and Rouben C. Cholakian draw on her writings to provide a vivid portrait of Marguerite's public and private life. Freeing her from the shadow of her brother François I, they recognize her immense influence on French politics and culture, and they challenge conventional views of her family relationships. The authors highlight Marguerite's considerable role in advancing the cause of religious reform in France-her support of vernacular translations of sacred works, her denunciation of ecclesiastical corruption, her founding of orphanages and hospitals, and her defense and protection of persecuted reformists. Had this plucky and spirited woman not been sister to the king, she would most likely have ended up at the stake. Though she remained a devout catholic, her theological poem Miroir de l'âme pécheresse, a mystical summa of evangelical doctrine that was viciously attacked by conservatives, remains to this day an important part of the Protestant corpus. Marguerite, along with her brother the king, was a key architect and animator of the refined entertainments that became the hallmark of the French court. Always eager to encourage new ideas, she supported many of the illustrious writers and thinkers of her time. Moreover, uniquely for a queen, she was herself a prolific poet, dramatist, and prose writer and published a two-volume anthology of her works. In reassessing Marguerite's enormous oeuvre, the authors reveal the range and quality of her work beyond her famous collection of tales, posthumously called the Heptaméron. The Cholakians' groundbreaking reading of the rich body of her work, which uncovers autobiographical elements previously unrecognized by most scholars, and their study of her surviving correspondence portray a life that fully justifies Marguerite's sobriquet, "Mother of the Renaissance." 606 $aQueens$zNavarre (Kingdom)$vBiography 606 $aAuthors, French$y16th century$vBiography 615 0$aQueens 615 0$aAuthors, French 676 $a946/.52042/092 676 $aB 700 $aCholakian$b Patricia Francis$01562797 701 $aCholakian$b Rouben Charles$f1932-$01503576 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777640503321 996 $aMarguerite de Navarre$93830696 997 $aUNINA