Sharon Kettering

Power and reputation at the court of Louis XIII

The career of Charles D'Albert, duc de Luynes (1578-1621)

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Produktbeschreibung

A study of the impact of power politics on the historical reputation of Charles D'Albert, duc de Luynes, a royal favourite at the court of Louis XIII in early seventeenth-century France

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 430g
• ISBN-13: 9780719089985
• ISBN-10: 0719089980
• Artikelnr.: 37743138

Autorenporträt

Sharon Kettering is Professor of History Emerita at Montgomery College in Maryland

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Luynes and the historians 1. A falconer from the Comtat 2.
The king's favorite 3. Concini's murder 4. The rewards of favor 5. Friends
of the favorite 6. Luynes and the court nobility 7. Luynes the minister 8.
The siege of Montauban 9. The anti-Luynes campaign Conclusion: Death of a
favorite Select bibliography Index