Böcker av Sharon Kettering

A study of the impact of power politics on the historical reputation of Charles D'Albert, duc de Luynes, a royal favourite at the court of Louis XIII in early seventeenth-century France -- .

The defining characteristics of patronage relationships and their uses, especially their political uses, are the twin themes of this collection of essays. The collection examines the impact of patronage relationships on state formation and political events during the 16th and 17th centuries.

Covering the reigns of the first three Bourbon kings, this book explores the upheavals in French society between 1589 and 1715 by examining the bonds which tied classes together: rank, honour and reputation; family, household and kinship; faith and the Church; state and obedience to the King.