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Representing the Life and Legacy of Renée de France

From Fille de France to Dowager Duchess

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Editors:
  1. Kelly Digby Peebles

    1. Clemson University, Clemson, USA

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  2. Gabriella Scarlatta

    1. University of Michigan–Dearborn, Dearborn, USA

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  • Considers the life and legacy of Renée de France (1510–75), exploring her cultural, spiritual, and political influence
  • Assesses Renée's place within a long line of powerful French royal women
  • Draws on frequently overlooked sources across poetry, theater, landscape architecture, letters, and ambassadorial reports

Part of the book series: Queenship and Power (QAP)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Introduction: Renée de France’s Life and Legacy

    • Kelly Digby Peebles, Gabriella Scarlatta
    Pages 1-19

  3. Anne de Bretagne, Claude de France, and the Roots of Renée’s Persona

    • Kathleen Wilson-Chevalier
    Pages 21-67

  4. The Primer of Renée de France

    • Roger S. Wieck
    Pages 69-95

  5. Back to Basics: Rereading the “Ferrarese Imbroglio” of 1536 in Light of Primary Sources

    • Dick Wursten
    Pages 97-126

  6. 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)

    • Guillaume Berthon
    Pages 127-165

  7. “C’est mon stile qui change”: Clément Marot’s Lyrical Turn in Renée de France’s Pays Italique

    • Robert J. Hudson
    Pages 167-190

  8. Between Literature and Religion: Renata di Francia’s Literary Network

    • Gabriella Scarlatta
    Pages 191-218

  9. Renata di Francia and the Theater: Some Hypotheses

    • Marzia Pieri
    Pages 219-246

  10. A Challenging Wife: Renée de France and Simulated Celibacy

    • Eleonora Belligni
    Pages 247-283

  11. Under the Rubble: Renée de France and Fragments of Art from Her Italian Years

    • Kathleen Wilson-Chevalier
    Pages 285-332

  12. Renée de France as Dowager Duchess and Epistolary Diplomat

    • Kelly Digby Peebles
    Pages 333-358

  13. The Gardens of the Château de Montargis as an Expression of Renée de France’s Identity (1560-1575)

    • Cyril Cvetkovic
    Pages 359-379

  14. Epilogue: Future Directions for Studying the Life and Legacy of Renée de France

    • Kelly Digby Peebles, Gabriella Scarlatta
    Pages 381-384

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 385-396
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About this book

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.






Editors and Affiliations

  • Clemson University, Clemson, USA

    Kelly Digby Peebles

  • University of Michigan–Dearborn, Dearborn, USA

    Gabriella Scarlatta

About the editors

Kelly Digby Peebles is Associate Professor of French and Director of Language and International Health at Clemson University, USA.

Gabriella Scarlatta is Professor of French and Italian and Associate Dean in the College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters at The University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Representing the Life and Legacy of Renée de France

  • Book Subtitle: From Fille de France to Dowager Duchess

  • Editors: Kelly Digby Peebles, Gabriella Scarlatta

  • Series Title: Queenship and Power

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69121-9

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-69120-2Published: 24 July 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-69123-3Published: 25 July 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-69121-9Published: 23 July 2021

  • Series ISSN: 2730-938X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2730-9398

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 396

  • Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations, 25 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: History of Early Modern Europe, History of France, History, general

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