Letters from the Queen of Navarre with an Ample Declaration: Volume 43 Contributor(s): D'Albret, Jeanne (Author), Llewellyn, Kathleen M. (Editor), Thompson, Emily E. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 086698545X ISBN-13: 9780866985451 Publisher: Iter Press OUR PRICE: $31.63 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography - Literary Collections | Letters - Literary Collections | Women Authors |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 2015042129 |
Physical Information: 116 pages |
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Publisher Description: This edition presents in English, for the first time, Jeanne d'Albret's Letters to the king, his mother, his brother, her own brother-in-law, and the queen of England, together with her Ample Declaration (1568) defending her decampment to the Protestant stronghold of La Rochelle. A historical-biographical introduction situates these writings in the larger context of Reformation politics and examines in detail the specific literary characteristics of her memoir. In her works, Jeanne d'Albret asserts her own position as legal sovereign of Béarn and Navarre and situates herself at the nexus of overlapping political, religious, and familial tensions. |