02899cam a2200397 i 450000100090000000300040000900500170001300800410003001000170007102000180008802000290010604000300013504200080016504300120017305000220018508200250020708400560023210000310028824500860031926400370040530000820044233600260052433700280055033800270057850400510060552008160065652005700147265000430204265000570208565000460214265000410218865000480222965000500227765100480232777601260237519233853KCU20241003114419.0160817s2016    nyuaf    b    001 0 eng    a  2016038073  a9781780749945  a9780465096787 (hardback)  aDLCbengcDLCdKCUeAACR2  apcc  ae------00aD226.7b.G75 201600223a940.2209252bGRI  aHIS037090aHIS010020aBIO022000aBIO0140002bisacsh1 aGristwood, Sarah,eauthor.10aGame of queens :bthe women who made sixteenth-century Europe /cSarah Gristwood. 1aNew York :bBasic Books,c[2016]  axxxi, 351 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :bcolor illustrations ;c25 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  a"Sixteenth-century Europe saw an explosion of female rule. From Isabella of Castile and her granddaughter Mary Tudor, to Catherine de Medici, Anne Boleyn, and Elizabeth Tudor, women wielded enormous power over their territories for more than a hundred years. In the sixteenth century, as in our own, the phenomenon of the powerful woman offered challenges and opportunities. Opportunities, as when in 1529 Margaret of Austria and Louise of Savoy negotiated the "Ladies' peace" of Cambrai. Challenges, as when both Mary Queen of Scots and her kinswoman Elizabeth I came close to being destroyed by sexual scandal.  A fascinating group biography of some of the most beloved (and reviled) queens in history, Game of Queens tells the story of the powerful women who drove European history"--cProvided by publisher.  a"Sixteenth-century Europe saw an explosion of female rule. Large swathes of the continent were under the firm hand of a dozen reigning women as queens, regents, mothers, wives, or counselors. From Isabella of Castile, her daughter Katherine of Aragon, and her granddaughter Mary Tudor, to Catherine de Medici, Anne Boleyn, and Elizabeth Tudor; from England and France to the Netherlands, and across the Holy Roman Empire, these women wielded enormous power over their territories, shaping the course of European history for over a century"--cProvided by publisher. 0aQueenszEuropexHistoryy16th century. 0aWomen heads of statezEuropexHistoryy16th century. 7aHISTORY / Modern / 16th Century.2bisacsh 7aHISTORY / Europe / Western.2bisacsh 7aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women.2bisacsh 7aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Royalty.2bisacsh 0aEuropexPolitics and governmenty1492-1648.08iOnline version:aGristwood, Sarah, author.tGame of queensdNew York : Basic Books, 2016z9780465096794w(DLC) 2016038268