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Martyrs and murderers [electronic resource] : the Guise family and the making of Europe / Stuart Carroll.
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 345 p., [16] p. of plates) : ill., maps.ISBN: 9780191804571 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Guise, House of | Nobility -- France -- Biography | Nobility -- Political activity -- France | France -- History -- Wars of the Huguenots, 1562-1598
Additional Physical Form: Print version : 9780199596799DDC classification: 944.0290922 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: 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.
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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.
Description based on print version record.