Creator

François Clouet

Creation-date

ca. 1550

Technique

Illumination

Material

Parchment

Inventory number

-

Subject-1

Catherine de Medicis

Object-Current-Location

Bibliothèque nationale de France

Digital resource author

GrECI Project

Digital-resource-rights holder

University of Franche Comté (for GrECI project)

Image-number

061_RP_16

License

CC BY

Description

The French monarchy, which remained faithful to Catholicism, found itself torn between Catholics and Protestants in the midst of the Wars of Religion. Queen Catherine de Medicis, wife and widow of King Henry II, was regent during the minority of her son Charles IX. She tried to find ways of pacifying the kingdom, but failed to achieve lasting peace.