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Charting the rise of one of the great families of late sixteenth-century France, the Gondi, this book unravels the complex relationship between French society and Italians who held key positions within French government. It demonstrates how members of the Gondi family played a leading part in the finance, government, church and military affairs, and were indispensable counselors to the Queen Mother, Catherine De' Medici.

Title The Gondi : family strategy and survival in early modern France / Joanna Milstein.
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher London
New York : Routledge
Creation Date 2016
Notes "First published 2014 by Ashgate Publishing"--t.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English
Content The gondi in France : perceptions and realities -- Money for royal endeavours -- Power, prowess and prestige : the Gondi in politics -- Pierre de Gondi : churchman and king's man -- Gondi women.
Extent 1 online resource (260 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010713055305171
MARC RECORDS
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