Agnes Sorel and the French Monarchy : History, Gallantry, and National Identity PDF
by Adams Tracy Adams
Part of the Gender and Power in the Premodern World series
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Agnès Sorel (1428–1450), beautiful favourite of Charles VII of France and first in the long genealogy of French royal mistresses, was mysteriously poisoned in the prime of life.
Agnès, part of a network of royal “favourites,” is equally interesting for her political activity. And yet, no scholarly study in English of her exists.
This study brings her story to an English-speaking audience, examining her in her historical context, that is, the factional struggle for power waged against Charles VII by the dauphin Louis and the king’s final routing of the English.
It then traces Agnès’s afterlife, exploring her roles as founding mother of the tradition of the French royal mistress and foil for the less popular holders of the “office”; as erotic fantasy figure for nineteenth-century historians “re-inventing” the Middle Ages; and, most recently, as poignant victim for fans of the true crime genre.
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- Pages:164 pages
- Publisher:Arc Humanities Press
- Publication Date:31/07/2022
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- ISBN:9781802700305
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:PDF
- Pages:164 pages
- Publisher:Arc Humanities Press
- Publication Date:31/07/2022
- Category:
- ISBN:9781802700305
