Scandal and Reputation at the Court of Catherine de Medici
Scandal and Reputation at the Court of Catherine de Medici explores Catherine de Medici''s ''flying squadron'', the legendary ladies-in-waiting of the sixteenth-century French queen mother who were alleged to have been ordered to seduce politically influential men for their mistress''s own Machiavellian purposes. Branded a ''cabal of cuckoldry'' by a contemporary critic, these women were involved ...
Scandal and Reputation at the Court of Catherine de Medici explores Catherine de Medici''s ''flying squadron'', the legendary ladies-in-waiting of the sixteenth-century French queen mother who were alleged to have been ordered to seduce politically influential men for their mistress''s own Machiavellian purposes. Branded a ''cabal of cuckoldry'' by a contemporary critic, these women were involved ...
