When Women Ruled the World: Making the Renaissance in Europe

by Maureen Quilligan

Book Overview

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Sixteenth-century Europe was a time of destabilization of age-old norms and the waging of religious wars--yet it also witnessed the remarkable flowering of a pacific culture cultivated by a cohort of extraordinary women rulers who sat on Europe's thrones, most notably Mary Tudor; Elizabeth I; Mary, Queen of Scots; and Catherine de' Medici.

Recasting the dramatic stories...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1631497960
• ISBN13: 9781631497964
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 7.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.4"