9. Imagination and Influence

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Table of Contents 5
3. List of Figures 7
4. In the Orbit of the King 9
5. Part I: Conceptualizing and Practicing Female Power
6. 1. The Political, Symbolic, and Courtly Power of Anne de France and Louise de Savoie 43
7. 2. Anne de France and Gift-Giving 65
8. 3. Louise de Savoie 85
9. Part II: Centers and Peripheries of Power
10. 4. Literary Lessons in Queenship and Power 117
11. 5. Claude de France and the Spaces of Agency of a Marginalized Queen 139
12. 6. Portraits of Eleanor of Austria 173
13. Part III: The Power of Creative Voices
14. 7. Family Female Networking in Early Sixteenth-Century France 209
15. 8. The Power of Reputation and Skills according to Anne de Graville 241
16. 9. Imagination and Influence 263
17. 10. Power through Print 287
18. Part IV: Economies of Power and Emotions
19. 11. The Life and After-Life of a Royal Mistress 309
20. 12. ‘The King and I’ 335
21. 13. Catherine de Médicis Tested by the Virtue of Charity (1533–1559) 357
22. Index 377