the women who made sixteenth-century Europe Gristwood, Sarah creator author. text bibliography nyu 2016 monographic eng

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xxxi, 351 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm "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"-- "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"-- Sarah Gristwood. Includes bibliographical references and index. e------ Queens Europe History 16th century Women heads of state Europe History 16th century HISTORY / Modern / 16th Century HISTORY / Europe / Western BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Royalty Europe Politics and government 1492-1648 D226.7 .G75 2016 940.2209252 GRI HIS037090 HIS010020 BIO022000 BIO014000 Gristwood, Sarah, author. New York : Basic Books, 2016 (DLC) 2016038268 9781780749945 9780465096787 (hardback) 2016038073 DLC 160817 20241003114419.0 19233853 eng