Corresponding romances : Henri II and the last campaigns of the Italian Wars
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Broomhall, Susan. (2019). Corresponding romances : Henri II and the last campaigns of the Italian Wars. In In Downes, Stephanie, Lynch, Andrew and O’Loughlin, Katrina (Ed.). Writing war in Britain and France, 1370-1854 : A history of emotions pp. 107-123 Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429446245-7
Authors | Broomhall, Susan |
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Editors | Downes, Stephanie, Lynch, Andrew and O’Loughlin, Katrina |
Abstract | In the Italian Wars, a conflict that had divided European states for more than 50 years, several key political protagonists in France exchanged letters. This chapter examines the epistolary production of feeling by the man who was at the court’s centre, Henri II. The rhetorical expertise of early modern elite women in the genre of letter writing is now receiving important scholarly attention. Henri’s letters were composed both as he led military campaigns away from the court, and as campaigns separated him from his leading political advisors. This generated an exchange of letters between husband, wife and Henri’s senior councillor at the front, Montmorency. Montmorency’s fears about Catherine’s insertion into an intimate political circle around the king had some foundation. Henri’s missives even drew upon the works of contemporary French poets who had been inspired by popular prose romances. |
Page range | 107-123 |
Year | 2019 |
Book title | Writing war in Britain and France, 1370-1854 : A history of emotions |
Publisher | Routledge |
Place of publication | London, United Kingdom |
New York, NY | |
ISBN | 9781138219168 |
9781138314139 | |
9780429446245 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429446245-7 |
Web address (URL) | https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/acu/detail.action?docID=5548858 |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
2018 | |
Online | 08 Oct 2018 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 02 Nov 2021 |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8wy2y/corresponding-romances-henri-ii-and-the-last-campaigns-of-the-italian-wars
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