provide evidence of the richness and scale of Catherine de' Medici's court festivals. Catherine de' Medici's investment in magnificent entertainments was...

Catherine de' Medici (Italian: Caterina de' Medici, pronounced [kateˈriːna de ˈmɛːditʃi]; French: Catherine de Médicis, pronounced [katʁin də medisis];...

Catherine's grand building work has survived. Catherine de' Medici's court festivals Catherine de' Medici's patronage of the arts Knecht, 220. Frieda, 79...

distantly related to Catherine de' Medici's court productions. An inventory drawn up at the Hôtel de la Reine after Catherine de' Medici's death shows that...

money by Charles I, caused great offence to the Puritans. Catherine de' Medici's court festivals, often even more overtly political, were among the most...

Marie de' Medici (French: Marie de Médicis; Italian: Maria de' Medici; 26 April 1575 – 3 July 1642) was Queen of France and Navarre as the second wife...

named after her grandmother Claude of Valois, herself daughter of Catherine de Medici, Queen of France , granddaughter of Claude, Duchess of Brittany,...

to: Magnificence (history of ideas) Magnificence, one of Catherine de' Medici's court festivals in 16th-century France Magnificence (play), 1973 play by...

valet de chambre to both the King (Catherine's son, Henry III) and the Queen (queen consort Louise of Lorraine). Catherine de' Medici's court festivals Balthasar...

transferred to Christina after the death of Queen Catherine de' Medici of France and thus assumed by future Medici rulers. Ferdinando's foreign policy attempted...

tapestries depicting festivities or "magnificences" held by Catherine de' Medici's Royal Courts in the second half of the 16th century. The tapestries were...

particular national forms of the French ballet de cour, as part of Catherine de' Medici's court festivals, and the English masque, which were similar to...

Carracks black sword - Catherine de' Medici's building projects - Catherine de' Medici's court festivals - Catherine de' Medici's patronage of the arts...

rendered in two dimensions on strategically placed screens. Catherine de' Medici's court festivals Of course other cultures had equivalents, often even more...

the first works to be recognized as a true court ballet. The spectacle was commissioned by Catherine de’ Medici in 1573 to celebrate the election of her...

violinist and master of ceremonies for Catherine de' Medici's court festivals, he created the Ballet Comique de la Reine, the first ballet. Heinrich Ignaz...

that plays when a Zojirushi rice cooker finishes its job. Catherine de' Medici's court festivals Notes Anthony 1997, p. 41, and Lawrenson 1986, pp. 182–184...

entire garden. Le Nôtre was the grandson of Pierre Le Nôtre, one of Catherine de' Medici's gardeners, and his father Jean had also been a gardener at the Tuileries...

terrace, was ordered in 1556 by Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici and was built by Philibert de l'Orme. Called in its day la maison du théâtre (the...

the Dauphin, Francis of Valois, the son of Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici. The mother of Mary, Queen of Scots was Mary of Guise, who remained...

the beautiful de Sauve, who was one of Catherine de' Medici's so-called "flying squadron", a group of "court lovelies" whom Catherine used to lure noblemen...

recorded as galley slave of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany in 1555, and black drummers in the court of King James IV in Edinburgh, Scotland...

Jean de Galimard, a tanner in Grasse, came up with the idea of scented leather gloves. He offered a pair of scented gloves to Catherine de' Medici, who...

Triumphans": Court and Civic Festivals in Early Modern Europe, (Aldershot and Burlington VT: Ashgate, 2004) Alois Nagler, Theatre Festivals of the Medicis 1539-1637...

where the duc de Lorraine was hosting festivals and banquets. Henri desired to pursue the rebellious malcontent, but was dissuaded by Catherine from pursuing...

who had arrived at the court of France in 1543 in the train of Catherine de' Medici. In the 1570s, the Queen offered Jérôme de Gondi a dwelling at Saint-Cloud...

hypochondriac King Charles IX, and his mother, Catherine de' Medici, a scheming power player. Catherine decides to make an overture of goodwill by offering...

Feo, for whose death she felt incredible pain. Giovanni de' Medici was also called Catherine's "favorite", although they contracted marriage. Others less...

several kings and queens of France. Francis I and his court, Louis XIV. In 1660 Catherine de' Medici came to consult Nostradamus, the famous astrologer would...

both later became popes as Leo X and Clement VII, respectively. Catherine de' Medici, Clement VII's niece, also lived here before she was married to Henry...