Marguerite de Valois
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A concise French-language introduction to Marguerite de Valois, the Valois princess better known as Queen Margot. The work places her life within the political and cultural turbulence of sixteenth-century France, where dynastic marriage, court rivalry, and religious conflict shaped the fate of the monarchy. Born into the royal family of Catherine de’ Medici and Henry II, Marguerite became a central figure in the French Wars of Religion and in the alliances linking the Valois and Bourbon houses. This edition offers an accessible biographical overview suitable for readers seeking context around one of the most famous women of the French Renaissance. It emphasizes her public role, her position at court, and the historical circumstances that made her name endure in French memory and literature.
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Evelyne Morin-Rotureau
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