Power and Reputation At the Court of Louis XIII - The Career of Charles D''albert, Duc De Luynes (15781621)

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

List of contents

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

About the author

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

Summary

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 -- .

Product details

• Authors: Sharon Kettering
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2014
• EAN: 9780719089985
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-8998-5
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Studies in Early Modern Europe
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies