Martyrs and murderers [[electronic resource] ] : the Guise family and the making of Europe / / Stuart Carroll

• Autore: Carroll Stuart <1965->
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (378 p.)
• Disciplina: 944.0290922
• Soggetto topico: Nobility - France; Nobility - Political activity - France
• Soggetto geografico: France History Wars of the Huguenots, 1562-1598
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Martyrs and murderers
• ISBN: 1-282-34652-0; 9786612346521; 0-19-157111-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780930003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II