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Carroll, Stuart, 1965-

Martyrs and murderers the Guise family and the making of Europe / [electronic resource] : Stuart Carroll. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. - 1 online resource (xiv, 345 p., [16] p. of plates) : ill., maps.

Originally published: 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The House of Guise was one of the greatest princely families of the sixteenth century, or indeed of any age. Today they are best remembered through the tragic life of one family member, Mary Queen of Scots. But the story of her Guise uncles, aunts, and cousins is if anything more gripping - and certainly of greater significance in the history of Europe. The Guise family rose to prominence as the greatest enemy of the House of Habsburg and had dreams of a great dynastic empire that included the British Isles and southern Italy.

ISBN: 9780191804571 (ebook) : No price

Subjects--Personal Names:
Guise, House of.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Nobility--France--Biography.
Nobility--Political activity--France.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
France--History--Wars of the Huguenots, 1562-1598.

LC Class. No.: DC36.8.G84 / C37 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 944.0290922