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Author:   Susan Broomhall
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   228
Weight:   0.805kg
ISBN:  

9789004360822

ISBN 10:   9004360824
Pages:   394
Publication Date:   24 June 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements List of Figures Introduction  1 Scholarly Contexts  2 Sources  3 Book Structure 1 Heir: The Medici Legacy  1 Caterina Maria, Child Bride of the Medici  2 Feelings for the Medici  3 Liberality and Dissimulation: Catherine’s ‘Medici’ Emotions  4 Asserting Rights to Medici Financial Inheritance  5 Conclusions 2 Partner: The King’s Representative  1 Intimacy with the King  2 Representing a King  3 Henri’s Everlasting Partner  4 Conclusions 3 Mother: Raising Son-Kings  1 Ventriloquising the Father  2 Bonds of Devotion  3 A Life of Sacrifice  4 Conclusions 4 Friend and Ally: Nurturing Daughter-Queens  1 Intimacy and the Confessions of a Mother  2 Consorts as Daughters of France  3 Allies of the Family  4 A Daughter’s Hopes of a Mother  5 Conclusions 5 Chief Mourner of the Valois: The Exclusivity of Intimacy  1 Mourning as a Solitary Affliction I: The Widowed Partner of Henri  2 Mourning as a Solitary Affliction II: The Mother of Deceased Children  3 Mourning as Motivating Action  4 Keeper of Memory  5 Conclusions 6 Carer: Production and Investment as Protection of France  1 Countess of Clermont  2 A Demonstrable Practice of Care  3 The Pride of France  4 A Charitable Labour of Love  5 Protection, Investment, and Development of France  6 Conclusions: Who Cares? 7 Murderer: Histories of Violent Emotions  1 The Violence of Emotions  2 Narrating Catherine’s Emotions  3 Conclusions: Speaking for the Queen 8 Spiritual Sister: The Community of Le Murate  1 Enclosure: A Hostage of the Florentine Government  2 Providers of Reciprocal Assistance  3 Community and Memory  4 Conclusions Conclusions Bibliography  Primary Sources  Secondary Sources Index

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Susan Broomhall is Professor and Director of the Gender and Women's History Research Centre at the Australian Catholic University. She has published more than twenty monographs and edited collections on women and gender in the early modern world.

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