Portraits of the Queen Mother
Subtitle: polemics, panegyrics, letters
By: Catherine de Médicis and others ; translation and study by Leah L. Chang and Katherine Kong
Contributors: Catherine de Médicis, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of France, 1519-1589; Victoria University (Toronto, Ont.). Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies; Iter (Toronto, Ont.)
Series: The other voice in early modern Europe. The Toronto series -- volume 35
Publisher: Iter Inc.; Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
ISBN-13: 9780772721723; 9780772721730
Subjects: Correspondence; Politics and government; Sources; Mothers; Biography; Queens
Notes: Translated from the French.

"Portraits of the Queen Mother brings together selected texts contemporary to Catherine's queenship including ambassadorial reports, polemical pamphlets, and panegyric biography, alongside Catherine's own letters to show how the authority of this queen was carefully constructed and challenged through everal important textual genres of the period."--Page 2.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-267) and index.

Issued also in electronic format.