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

Sommario

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

Info autore

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

Riassunto

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 -- .

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Sharon Kettering, Kettering Sharon
• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 28.02.2014
• EAN: 9780719089985
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-8998-5
• Pagine: 288
• Serie: Studies in Early Modern Europe; Studies in Early Modern European History
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Biografie, autobiografie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; France, European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Biography: historical, political & military, HISTORY / Europe / France, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Politics & government, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Politics and government, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Biography: historical, political and military, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, C 1600 To C 1700