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- Title
Fils de la louve : Blaise de Monluc et les femmes de Sienne.
- Authors
EISENBICHLER, KONRAD
- Abstract
In July 1552 the city of Siena rebelled against its Spanish overlords that had either influenced or directed the Republic's government for several years, threw out the Spanish garrison that controlled the city, and open its doors to a French army sent by King Henri II to protect the city and bring it into the French sphere of influence. The man in charge of this army was the French marshal Blaise de Monluc (1500-1577), who arrived shortly after the anti-Spanish insurrection and remained until the end of the siege when the city, exhausted and depleted, finally surrendered to a mercenary army hired by the duke of Florence, Cosimo I de' Medici, on behalf of Emperor Charles V von Habsburg. In his mémoires of his military campaigns, Blaise de Monluc recalls his Sienese years and especially the valour of the women of Siena who contributed in no small way to the defence of their city. This article outlines the events before and during the siege and Monluc's comments about the women of Siena. It then analyses these comments in order to gain a better understanding of what, exactly, the women did for their city and who these women were.
- Subjects
ITALY; MONLUC, Blaise, seigneur de, ca. 1500-1577; WOMEN; HISTORY of Siena, Italy, 1355-1557; SIEGES; RENAISSANCE women's history; ITALIAN history -- 16th century; ITALIAN military history, 1268-1559; 16TH century French military history; FRANCE-Italy relations; 16TH century Spanish history; SIXTEENTH century; HISTORY
- Publication
Renaissance & Reformation / Renaissance et Réforme, 2014, Vol 37, Issue 2, p5
- ISSN
0034-429X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.33137/rr.v37i2.21808