Queens and mistresses of Renaissance FranceKathleen Wellman.
- New Haven : Yale University Press, (c)2013.
- 1 online resource (xiv, 433 pages) : illustrations.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Agnès Sorel: the first official royal mistress -- Anne of Brittany: the limits and prospects of a queen -- The women of the court of Francis I: wives and mistresses, sister and mother -- Diane de Poitiers: an idealized mistress -- Catherine de Medici: king in all but name -- Marguerite de Valois: scandalous queen, femme savante -- Gabrielle d'Estrées: nearly a queen.