Queen's apprentice
Subtitle: archduchess Elizabeth, empress Maria, the Habsburgs, and the Holy Roman Empire, 1554-1569
By: by Joseph F. Patrouch.
Series: Studies in Medieval and Reformation traditions -- 148
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9789004180307
Subjects: Elisabeth, -- of Austria, Queen, consort of Charles IX, King of France, -- 1554-1592; Maria, -- Empress, consort of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, -- 1528-1603; Habsburg, House of; Empresses -- Holy Roman Empire -- Biography; Nobility -- Holy Roman Empire; Holy Roman Empire -- History -- Maximilian II, 1564-1576; Holy Roman Empire -- Court and courtiers; Vienna (Austria) -- Court and courtiers
Genres: Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : a queen in training and an empress in charge; title: Playing queen : in the women's court at Vienna and Wiener Neustadt, 1554-1560; title: Marriage negotiations and the tumultuous 1560's; title: Empress and imperial daughter; title: Wars and weddings on the horizon; title: Conclusions : growing up: a queen before the fact.