Transcript Catherine De Medici

Women in the Renaissance
Rebecca Perfette, Lauren
Rosenauer, Kimberlyn Stoddard
Women in the Renaissance
Average Woman
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Acquiescing
Conservative
Concerned with the
household
Secondary to man
Woman of the
Renaissance
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Forward-thinking
Actively contributes to
household income
Educated
Networking
Lucrezia Borgia
Best Known
Accomplishments
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Doubled Yearly Income
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Bought marshland and
invested in reclamation
projects
Raised animals
Rented land
Networking
Sister-in-law Isabella
D’Este
 Pietro Bembo
Gossip
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• Participant in incest
• Poisoned second husband
Isabella d’Este
First Lady of the Renaissance
Patron of the Arts
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Commissioned Mantegna's Expulsion of
the Vices from the Garden of Virtue
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Commissioned Lorenzo Costa's The Court
of Isabella d'Este
Her portraits
Leonardo’s portrait
Titan’s portrait
Gian Cristoforo Romano’s Portrait
Ruler
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Ruled when husband Gonzaga was
prisoner
Ruled after husband’s death
Made Mantua a sovereign territory
Ducal Palace – Isabella’s studiolo
Music
Secular, sacred, liturgical,
ceremonial, courtly
Latin and Italian
Learner and a Teacher
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Greek and Latin
Roman history
Recited literature
Opened a school for girls
Sources
www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1566798/Isabella-dEste
www.brooklynmuseum.org/eascfa/dinner_party/place_settings/isabella_d_est
e.php
www.davincismuse.com/about-da-vincis-muse-for-women/isabella-deste
www.guardian.co.uk/cultur/2003/jun/21/art
Songbook for Isabella Barker
womenshistory.about.com/od/medievalitalianwomen/ig/Isabella-d-Este/Isabellad-Este---The-Court.htm
Catherine De Medici
Queen of France
Background
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Born 1519
Married Henry II
Queen of France
1547-1559
Oldest son, Francis,
married Mary Queen
of Scots
Religious Contributions
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In the beginning…
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Tried to make peace
during wars of religion
Amboise
Later…
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Colloquy of
Poissy(1561)
Series of Royal Edicts
Massacre of St.
Bartholomew's Day
A Governing Mother
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Henry II died
Francis II became King
Only lasted 12 months
Charles IX took over
Charles died then Henry III took over
Mary lost control of government
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Catherine took the chance to be the top
governing figure
First Wars of Catherine’s “Reign”
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After Catherine took Charles around
France…
Netherlands revolt
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Spanish overlordship
Surprise de Meaux (Huguenot)
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Attempted kidnap of Catherine and Charles
The Third Civil War
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Huguenots
Sieur de Cocqueville
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Marshal Cosse
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Flemish Borders
Catherine ordered to hand out flemish
prisoners to be punished
Ended by peace of Saint Germain
Arranged Marriages
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Henry of Navarre
(Huguenot prince)
Marguerite
Need Papal
dispensation
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Did not receive
Needed consent from
Henry’s mother
Henry and Marguerite’s Wedding
Day
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Coligny shot
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Lost a finger
Broke his arm
Seigneur de Maurevert
Shot came from Anne
D’Este’s house
Catherine blamed
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Jealousy of his influence on
her son
Plotted with Anne to make
it seem like it was the
Guise’s vendetta
Her Children
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Francis II
Charles IX
Henry III
Marguerite de Valois
Through the Years
Young Catherine
Old Catherine
Cites