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Catherine De' Medici (two Volumes): the Last Forty Years of the Valois Dynasty

(france) Jean-hippolite Marieole

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"Catherine de' Medici (two volumes)" takes the life experiences of Catherine de' Medici, a powerful queen and uncrowned king, who was born in the famous Medici family as the main line, and tells the ups and downs and magnificent history of the Valois dynasty in the last forty years. How did the war for hegemony between the Valois and Habsburg families affect the European landscape in the process of the rise and fall of power? From Henry II to Henry III, how did Catherine de' Medici take charge of the French monarchy step by step through political marriages and role changes? What is the inevitable relationship between the regency of Catherine de Medici and the unification of France? What role did Catherine de' Medici play in major historical events such as the Massacre of Saint Bartholomew, the French Wars of Religion, and the War of the Portuguese Succession? How did Catherine de Medici lead France on the road to hegemony? What role did she play in establishing France's European hegemony?