Representing the Life and Legacy of Renée de France : From Fille de France to Dowager Duchess 1st Edition Kelly Digby Peebles

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Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 3030691209
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-3030691202
• Author(s): Kelly Digby Peebles, Gabriella Scarlatta

This book considers the life and legacy of Renée de France (1510–75), the youngest daughter of King Louis XII and Anne de Bretagne, exploring her cultural, spiritual, and political influence and her evolving roles and actions as fille de France, Duchess of Ferrara, and Dowager Duchess at Montargis. Drawing on a variety of often overlooked sources – poetry, theater, fine arts, landscape architecture, letters, and ambassadorial reports – contributions highlight Renée’s wide-ranging influence in sixteenth-century Europe, from the Italian Wars to the French Wars of Religion. These essays consider her cultural patronage and politico-religious advocacy, demonstrating that she expanded upon intellectual and moral values shared with her sister, Claude de France; her cousins, Marguerite de Navarre and Jeanne d’Albret; and her godmother and mother, Anne de France and Anne de Bretagne, thereby solidifying her place in a long line of powerful French royal women.

Table contents:

1. Introduction: Renée de France’s Life and Legacy
2. Anne de Bretagne, Claude de France, and the Roots of Renée’s Persona
3. The Primer of Renée de France
4. Back to Basics: Rereading the “Ferrarese Imbroglio” of 1536 in Light of Primary Sources
5. The Duchess and the Poet: Rereading Variants of Two Poems Written in Exile by Clément Marot to Renée de France in Relation to Ongoing Diplomatic Negotiations (1535–1538)
6. “C’est mon stile qui change”: Clément Marot’s Lyrical Turn in Renée de France’s Pays Italique
7. Between Literature and Religion: Renata di Francia’s Literary Network
8. Renata di Francia and the Theater: Some Hypotheses
9. A Challenging Wife: Renée de France and Simulated Celibacy
10. Under the Rubble: Renée de France and Fragments of Art from Her Italian Years
11. Renée de France as Dowager Duchess and Epistolary Diplomat
12. The Gardens of the Château de Montargis as an Expression of Renée de France’s Identity (1560-1575)
13. Epilogue: Future Directions for Studying the Life and Legacy of René

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