03116cam a2200445 i 4500 19233853 KCU 20241003114419.0 160817s2016 nyuaf b 001 0 eng 2016038073 9781780749945 9780465096787 (hardback) DLC eng DLC KCU AACR2 pcc e------ D226.7 .G75 2016 23 940.2209252 GRI HIS037090 HIS010020 BIO022000 BIO014000 bisacsh Gristwood, Sarah, author. Game of queens : the women who made sixteenth-century Europe / Sarah Gristwood. New York : Basic Books, [2016] xxxi, 351 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. "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"-- Provided by publisher. "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"-- Provided by publisher. Queens Europe History 16th century. Women heads of state Europe History 16th century. HISTORY / Modern / 16th Century. bisacsh HISTORY / Europe / Western. bisacsh BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women. bisacsh BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Royalty. bisacsh Europe Politics and government 1492-1648. Online version: Gristwood, Sarah, author. Game of queens New York : Basic Books, 2016 9780465096794 (DLC) 2016038268 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK 0 36881 36881 0 0 ddc 0 0 NFIC KCU/LIB/01 KCU/LIB/01 REF 2024-10-03 purchase 0 940.2209252 GRI 5784 2024-10-03 11:44:10 1 2024-10-03 BK