Download or read book Martyrs and Murderers written by Stuart Carroll and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2011-04-28 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The House of Guise was one of the greatest princely families of the sixteenth century, or indeed of any age. Today they are best remembered through the tragic life of one family member, Mary Queen of Scots. But the story of her Guise uncles, aunts and cousins is if anything more gripping - and certainly of greater significance in the history of Europe. The Guise family rose to prominence as the greatest enemy of the House of Habsburg and had dreams of a great dynastic empire that included the British Isles and southern Italy. They were among the staunchest opponents of the Reformation, played a major role in re-fashioning Catholicism at the Council of Trent before plunging France into a bloody civil war that culminated in the infamous St Bartholomew's Day Massacre. They protected English Catholic refugees, plotted to invade England and overthrow Elizabeth I, and ended the century by unleashing Europe's first religious revolution, before succumbing in a counter-revolution that made them martyrs for the Catholic cause. Martyrs and Murderers is the first comprehensive modern biography of the Guise family in any language. In it Stuart Carroll unravels the legends which cast them either as heroes or as villains of the Reformation, weaving a remarkable story that challenges traditional assumptions about one of Europe's most turbulent and formative eras.

Download or read book The House of Guise written by Henry Dwight Sedgwick and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Aspiration Representation and Memory written by Dr Jonathan Spangler and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2015-04-28 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploiting the turbulence and strife of sixteenth-century France, the House of Guise arose from a provincial power base to establish themselves as dominant political players in France and indeed Europe, marrying within royal and princely circles and occupying the most important ecclesiastical and military positions. Propelled by ambitions derived from their position as cadets of a minor sovereign house, they represent a cadre of early modern elites who are difficult to categorise neatly: neither fully sovereign princes nor fully subject nobility. They might have spent most of their time in one state, France, but their interests were always ‘trans-national’; contested spaces far from the major centres of monarchical power – from the Ardennes to the Italian peninsula – were frequent theatres of activity for semi-sovereign border families such as the Lorraine-Guise. This nexus of activity, and the interplay between princely status and representation, is the subject of this book. The essays in this collection approach Guise aims, ambitions and self-fashioning using this ‘trans-national’ dimension as context: their desire for increased royal (rather than merely princely) power and prestige, and the use of representation (visual and literary) in order to achieve it. Guise claims to thrones and territories from Jerusalem to Naples are explored, alongside the Guise ‘dream of Italy’, with in-depth studies of Henry of Lorraine, fifth Duke of Guise, and his attempts in the mid-seventeenth century to gain a throne in Naples. The combination of the violence and drama of their lives at the centres of European power and their adroit use of publicity ensured that versions of their strongly delineated images were appropriated by chroniclers, playwrights and artists, in which they sometimes featured as they would have wished, as heroes and heroines, frequently as villains, and ultimately as characters in the narratives of national heritage.

Download or read book Scourge of Henry VIII written by Melanie Clegg and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2016-10-14 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The little-known story of the mother of Mary, Queen of Scots and her feud with the Tudors: “Will fascinate anyone who loves a simmering, twisting tale” (All About History). Mary, Queen of Scots continues to intrigue both historians and the general public—but the story of her mother, Marie de Guise, is much less well known. A political power in her own right, she was born into the powerful and ambitious Lorraine family, spending her formative years at the dazzling, licentious court of François I. Although briefly courted by Henry VIII, she instead married his nephew, James V of Scotland, in 1538. James’s premature death four years later left their six-day-old daughter, Mary, as queen, and presented Marie with the formidable challenge of winning the support of the Scottish people and protecting her daughter’s threatened birthright. Content until now to remain in the background and play the part of the obedient wife, Marie spent the next eighteen years effectively governing Scotland—devoting her considerable intellect, courage, and energy to safeguarding her daughter’s inheritance by using a deft mixture of cunning, charm, determination, and tolerance. This biography, from the author of Marie Antoinette: An Intimate History, tells the story and offers a fresh assessment of this most fascinating and underappreciated of sixteenth-century female rulers.

Download or read book The Guise of Another written by Allen Eskens and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cloth bag containing eight paperback copies of the title, that may also include a folder with discussion folder and sign out sheets.

Download or read book The House of Guise written by John Reed Guice and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Henry of Guise written by George Payne Rainsford James and published by . This book was released on 1839 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The House of Guise and the Catholic Cause written by Sister Maria-Magdalena Hebert and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Henry of Guise Or The States of Blois written by George Payne Rainsford James and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Mary of Guise in Scotland 1548 1560 written by Pamela E. Ritchie and published by Birlinn Ltd. This book was released on 2021-11-01 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Challenging the conventional interpretation of Mary of Guise as the defender of Catholicism whose regime climaxed with the Reformation Rebellion, Pamela Ritchie shows that Mary was, on the contrary, a shrewd and effective politique, whose own dynastic interests and those of her daughter took precedence over her personal and religious convictions. Dynasticism, not Catholicism, was the prime motive force behind her policy. Mary of Guise's dynasticism, and political career as a whole, were inextricably associated with those of Mary Queen of Scots, whose Scottish sovereignty, Catholic claim to the English throne and betrothal to the Dauphin of France carried with them notions of Franco-British Imperialism. Mary of Guise's policy in Scotland was dictated by European dynastic politics and, specifically, by the Franco-Scottish alliance of 1548–1560. Significantly more than a betrothal contract, the Treaty of Haddington established a 'protectoral' relationship between the 'auld allies' whereby Henri II was able to assume control over Scottish military affairs, diplomacy and foreign policy as the 'protector' of Scotland. Mary of Guise's assumption of the regency in 1554 completed the process of establishing French power in Scotland, which was later consolidated, albeit briefly, by the marriage of Mary Stewart to Francois Valois in 1558. International considerations undermined her policies and weakened her administration, but only with her death did Mary of Guise's regime and French power in Scotland truly collapse.

Download or read book The Society of Princes written by Jonathan Spangler and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2009 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The princes étrangers were an influential group of courtiers in early modern France, none more so than the princes from the Lorraine-Guise family. This book examines the Lorraine-Guise at the court of Louis XIV and their renewed power, wealth and influence after the turbulent Wars of Religion. It is a substantial contribution to scholarship in court studies and will add greatly to debates on the nature of crown-noble relations in the era of absolutism.

Download or read book Henry of Guise Etc written by George Payne Rainsford James and published by . This book was released on 1840 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Henry of Guise Or The States of Blois written by George Payne Rainsford James and published by . This book was released on 1840 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The House of Guise and the Church C 1550 1588 written by Joanne Baker and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Henry of Guise written by H. C. Macdowall and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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