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Historical romance meets period history

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A Review of The Importance of Sons Historical romance meets period history… love and hate, power and corruption, fear and jealousy. This feels like Tudor England but is a leap into Renaissance France through the lens of powerful women hobbled by patriarchy, a prequel to Morgan’s The Importance of Pawns. The ambitious and manipulative Louise …

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Favourite Websites

Cour de France a website covering a wide range of topics on the French court with links to recent books and articles

Women Writing in French Colette H Winn. Articles on Women in the French Renaissance.

Internet Women’s History Sourcebook A resource for women’s history not limited to 16th-century French women.

The Freelance History Writer/Queens of France This blog covers a huge range of topics but this link will take you to the section on French queens.

Writing the Renaissance/ 16th Century France This link will take you to the posts about 16^th century France

Teaching Resources for the Renaissance, 1300–1700 This site from the Renaissance historical society has excellent teaching and resource materials.

Tudor Times/Foreign Relations Although this site focusses on Tudor England, this link leads to the foreign relations section with info on ambassadors and European events and people.

The Renaissance in Print Collection University of Virginia collection of books in Renaissance books in print

Musée national de la Renaissance link to French Renaissance national museum

History of Royal Women/France French royal women from then until the 5th Republic and a search feature for related info.

Realm of Venus Italian Renaissance clothing

Renaissance Fashion Renaissance clothing in Germany and England

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Louise de Savoy and the Savoy Connection

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