Letters from the Queen of Navarre with an Ample Declaration 1

Memoarer & biografier

Letters from the Queen of Navarre with an Ample Declaration

Jeanne D?Albret • Kathleen M Llewellyn • Emily E Thompson • Colette H Winn

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2016

This edition presents in English, for the first time, Jeanne d'Albret's Letters to the king, hismother, his brother, her own brother-in-law, and the queen of England, together with herAmple Declaration (1568)defending her decampment to the Protestant stronghold of LaRochelle. A historical-biographical introduction situates these writings in the larger context ofReformation politics and examines indetail the specific literary characteristics of her memoir.In her works, Jeanne d'Albret asserts her own position as legal sovereign of Béarn andNavarre and situates herself at the nexus of overlappingpolitical, religious, and familialtensions.

Författare: Jeanne D?Albret, Kathleen M Llewellyn, Emily E Thompson, Colette H Winn
Format: Pocket/Paperback
ISBN: 9780866985451
Språk: Engelska
Utgivningsdatum: 2016-02-26
Förlag: Arizona Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies,US