{"product_id":"marguerite-de-navarre-1492-1549-mother-of-the-renaissance-hardcover","title":"Marguerite de Navarre (1492-1549): Mother of the Renaissance - Hardcover","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\u003ePatricia Francis Cholakian\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRouben Cholakian\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSister to the king of France, queen of Navarre, gifted writer, religious reformer, and patron of the arts--in her many roles, Marguerite de Navarre (1492-1549) was one of the most important figures of the French Renaissance. In this, the first major biography in English, Patricia F. Cholakian and Rouben C. Cholakian draw on her writings to provide a vivid portrait of Marguerite's public and private life. Freeing her from the shadow of her brother François I, they recognize her immense influence on French politics and culture, and they challenge conventional views of her family relationships. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe authors highlight Marguerite's considerable role in advancing the cause of religious reform in France-her support of vernacular translations of sacred works, her denunciation of ecclesiastical corruption, her founding of orphanages and hospitals, and her defense and protection of persecuted reformists. Had this plucky and spirited woman not been sister to the king, she would most likely have ended up at the stake. Though she remained a devout catholic, her theological poem \u003ci\u003eMiroir de l'âme pécheresse\u003c\/i\u003e, a mystical summa of evangelical doctrine that was viciously attacked by conservatives, remains to this day an important part of the Protestant corpus. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMarguerite, along with her brother the king, was a key architect and animator of the refined entertainments that became the hallmark of the French court. Always eager to encourage new ideas, she supported many of the illustrious writers and thinkers of her time. Moreover, uniquely for a queen, she was herself a prolific poet, dramatist, and prose writer and published a two-volume anthology of her works. In reassessing Marguerite's enormous oeuvre, the authors reveal the range and quality of her work beyond her famous collection of tales, posthumously called the \u003ci\u003eHeptaméron\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Cholakians' groundbreaking reading of the rich body of her work, which uncovers autobiographical elements previously unrecognized by most scholars, and their study of her surviving correspondence portray a life that fully justifies Marguerite's sobriquet, \"Mother of the Renaissance.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatricia F. Cholakian was professor emerita at Hamilton College. She was the author of \u003ci\u003eRape and Writing in the \u003c\/i\u003eHemptaméron\u003ci\u003e of Marguerite de Navarre\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWomen and the Politics of Self-Representation in Seventeenth-Century France\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRouben C. Cholakian is professor emeritus at Hamilton College and the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Bayeux Tapestry and the Ethos of War\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Troubadour Lyric: A Psychocritical Reading\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 450\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.27 x 9.34 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 13, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47467846107389,"sku":"9780231134125","price":151.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/R3JKNTZBQy9semVraCtEdVFFeUpFZz09.webp?v=1777281163","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/marguerite-de-navarre-1492-1549-mother-of-the-renaissance-hardcover","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}