{"product_id":"golden-age-ladies-women-who-shaped-the-courts-of-francis-i-and-henry-viii-paperback","title":"Golden Age Ladies: Women Who Shaped the Courts of Francis I and Henry VIII - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSylvia Barbara Soberton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Two such courts as those of France and England have not been witnessed for the last fifty years.\" Niccolo Sagudino, 1515\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThey had to be strong if they wanted to make it in a man's world. They lived on the brink of the golden age of the European Renaissance and witnessed social and religious upheavals as the medieval world they knew crumbled to dust, replacing the old with the new. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this new book, Sylvia Barbara Soberton paints a vivid picture of the rivalry between the courts of England and France during the reigns of Henry VIII and Francis I. Set against the backdrop of sixteenth-century court life are the interwoven stories of individual French and English noblewomen whose dramatic lives even the best of novelists would have trouble inventing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLouise of Savoy knows that her son Francis is destined for greatness, but he faces new challenges after his accession, trusting his mother to become regent during his absence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMary Tudor agrees to marry Louis XII, a man thirty-four years her senior, but after his unexpected death, she decides to become no man's pawn and marries for love, creating one of the greatest scandals in Renaissance Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClaude of France may have been meek and submissive, but there is more to her character than meets the eye.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBrought up at the French court, Anne Boleyn boldly refuses to become Henry VIII's mistress. Her refusal triggers the King's divorce case and eventually leads to the change of religious persuasion of the entire nation. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMargaret of Alen on, Francis I's sister, faces new challenges as her brother's captivity after the Battle of Pavia propels her onto the diplomatic stage of Europe. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQueen Eleanor, Charles V's sister, marries Francis I and struggles to find her place at the French court, where his glittering mistress, Anne de Pisseleu, reigns supreme and exerts more influence than any royal mistress before her. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWitnessing the warring political factions at court, the young Catherine de Medici, humiliated by her husband's relationship with Diane de Poitiers, learns how to navigate the murky waters of courtly intrigue to emerge as the leading force on the international stage of sixteenth-century Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 316\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.66 x 8.5 x 5.51 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 04, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52625636852019,"sku":"9781532707551","price":22.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/VE93WXp4Vk5INmRtVjEzVkZHODhEQT09.webp?v=1762048738","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/golden-age-ladies-women-who-shaped-the-courts-of-francis-i-and-henry-viii-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}