Charlotte de La Trémoïlle, the Notorious Countess of Derby
Charlotte de La Trémoïlle, the Notorious Countess of Derby

Author: Sandy Riley

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2018-01-23

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 1527507017

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A Parliamentarian described his feelings towards Charlotte de La Trémoïlle when he wrote in the journal the Parliamentary Scout “three women ruined the Kingdom Eve, The Queen and the Countess of Derby”. This historical biography uses the letters found in the Chateau at Thouars and preserved in the French National Archive in Paris to piece together an account of her ideas and actions. Eyewitness writings are used to describe her activities during the siege by Parliamentary forces of the Royalist Lathom House. Following the end of the siege, she was exiled to the Isle of Man. A Huguenot, Charlotte lived at a time of religious and political upheaval in both France and England. She was related by birth and marriage to European royalty and aristocracy. She was the only woman sequestered by the Parliament of Oliver Cromwell and King Charles II promised her the position of Governess to his children.

Sacred Fictions of Medieval France
Sacred Fictions of Medieval France

Author: Maureen Barry McCann Boulton

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 1843844141

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A study of the immensely popular "lives" of Christ and the Virgin in medieval France.

Philippe de Commynes
Philippe de Commynes

Author: Irit Ruth Kleiman

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2013-01-01

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1442645628

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Philippe de Commynes, a diplomat who specialized in clandestine operations, served King Louis XI during his campaign to undermine aristocratic resistance and consolidate the sovereignty of the French throne. He is credited with inventing the political memoir, but his reminiscence has also been described as 'the confessions of a traitor': Commynes had abandoned Louis' rival, the Burgundian duke Charles the Bold, before joining forces with the king. This study provides a literary re-evaluation of Commynes' text – a perennial subject of scandal and fascination – while questioning what the terms 'traitor' or 'betrayed' meant in the context of fifteenth-century France. Drawing on diplomatic letters and court transcripts, Irit Kleiman examines the mutual connections between writing and betrayal in Commynes' representation of Louis' reign, the relationship between the author and the king, and the emergence of the memoir as an autobiographical genre. This study significantly deepens our understanding of how historical narrative and diplomatic activities are intertwined in the work of this iconic, iconoclastic figure.