Renaissance Dynasticism and Apanage Politics

Maps, Portraits, and Figures

Acknowledgments

1. Dynasties and Political Culture in Renaissance Europe

2. Violence and Honor: Jacques de Savoie in the Service of Henry II, 1546–­1558

3. Honor, Sexuality, and Marriage in the Françoise de Rohan Scandal

4. Treaties, Tragedy, Tumults, and the First War of Religion, 1558–­1563

5. The Apanage of the Genevois and Its New Duchess, 1564–­1566

6. Renaissance Warrior and Courtier, ca. 1566–­1570

7. Dynastic Prestige, A Self-­Regulating Mechanism: Dynastic Relations among Members of the House of Savoy

8. Local Political Autonomy in the Apanage of the Genevois

9. Conflicts of the Late 1570s

10. Piedmontese Postlude

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

“[review of the original French edition] This work effectively makes the point that in the sixteenth century, the leading families of Europe did not restrict their energies and interests to their own lands, but instead set their dynastic concerns in a broader perspective. Jacques de Savoie’s life and career provide an excellent illustration of this phenomenon. Vester’s work is well-researched and sets the account in its historical and historiographical context. … Scholars and graduate students focusing on patronage networks and dynastic rivalries in early modern Europe will find this work very helpful.”

—Sixteenth Century Journal