The Gondi : Family Strategy and Survival in Early Modern France

Charting The Rise Of One Of The Great Families Of Late Sixteenth-century France, The Gondi, This Book Unravels The Complex Relationship Between French Society And Italians Who Held Key Positions Within French Government. It Demonstrates How Members Of The Gondi Family Played A Leading Part In The Finance, Government, Church And Military Affairs, And Were Indispensable Counselors To The Queen Mother, Catherine De' Medici. The Gondi In France : Perceptions And Realities -- Money For Royal Endeavours -- Power, Prowess And Prestige : The Gondi In Politics -- Pierre De Gondi : Churchman And King's Man -- Gondi Women. Joanna Milstein. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.