Marguerite de Valois et l’écriture de histoire, 1574-1614

Marguerite of Valois was a « natural » subject of History as it was usually conceived in the Western world. Yet, this was not enough for a woman who wanted to be an “object” of history after the fashion of the Princes portrayed in Plutarch’s Lives. She therefore asked Brantôme to write her Life but...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Éliane Viennot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institut du Monde Anglophone 2010-04-01
Series:Etudes Epistémè
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/episteme/657