Laura du Pre

Laura goes to Paris

Researching and getting ready for this trip has consumed me since November. Not only was it a MUCH needed vacation, it was my first research trip to France since I…

Anne of Brittany’s influence on French literature during the early Renaissance

Anne of Brittany continues to be a romantic figure in French history, and part of that romantic image is her cultivation of poets and artists at the royal court. Her…

Historic tree at Chateau d’Eu falls to tree fungus

Humor me for a moment, the world has lost another link to Renaissance France. The Chateau d’Eu, the home in Normandy that Catherine de Cleves and Duc Henri I of…

1600s, Medici, Renaissance

History Hit Network looks at Catherine de Medici and Elizabeth I of England

January 18, 2022 /

As I’m still on vacation (Aloha!), History Hit Network takes a look at Catherine de Medici and Elizabeth I of England, whose influences overlapped for a time during the Sixteenth Century.

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1600s, Medici

Weird History takes a look at the s**t show that was Marie de Medici’s regency

January 11, 2022 /

Marie de Medici may have assumed that her life was about to improve after her husband suddenly died. Unfortunately for her, becoming Regent of France was a disaster for her. Weird History takes a 13 minute amusing and informative look at Marie’s Regency.

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