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Lady of Spain: A Life of Jane Dormer, Duchess of Feria - Hardcover

Courtauld, Simon

 
9781912945320: Lady of Spain: A Life of Jane Dormer, Duchess of Feria
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1912945320 ISBN 13: 9781912945320
Verlag: Mount Orleans Press, 2022

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Jane Dormer, Duchess of Feria, was born in 1538 into a family at the heart of Court struggles between Catholicism and Protestantism, and married twenty years later into the world of the Spanish Court, refuge of exiled English Catholics.The marriage lasted 13 years, and after her husband’s death in 1571 the Duchess of Feria remained a powerful figure. She restored her Spanish family’s fortunes. She took on the role of England’s Catholic ambassador in Spain, and was instrumental in the foundation of the English College at Valladolid. At the same time she kept on the good side of Queen Elizabeth, and looked after English Protestants who found themselves in need passing through Spain.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Simon Courtauld is the author of eight previous books including Spanish Hours and Footprints in Spain. He has been deputy editor of the Spectator, and regularly contributes to the Telegraph and the Oldie.

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Verlag
Mount Orleans Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2022
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1912945320
ISBN 13 
9781912945320
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Anzahl der Seiten
152
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