However, these actions would indefinitely get her impeached and shunned by her people. Catherine's mischievousness and manipulative intentions would not be a quality that the people of the United States value in their President today.
Although some say Catherine was politically inept, she was a patron to the arts and very aware and a part of pop culture. She demonstrated her interest of architecture when she built a new wing of the Louvre Museum, constructed the Tuileries gardens and built the chateau of Monceau. Her personal library was also extravagant, as it contained many rare manuscripts from the Renaissance. She even had a perfume formulated for her called the Eau de Cologne of Santa Maria Novella. Catherine believed in power of dance, and made it a necessity to have dancers at her banquets. When she arrived in France for weddings and other special occasions, she wanted to make a great impression on the Royal Court. She consulted Florentine artisans to present her with a fashion, out of which came the first modern high-heeled shoe. Society today is based a lot on the social scene, and Catherine was front and center when it came to fashion and being a patron of the arts. Many people enjoy seeing the head of their country at popular events such as President Bush at a baseball game. This gives people the sensation that the leader is a normal, candid person. This is a quality that society has deemed necessary to being a leader; to be interpersonal. Catherine was indeed involved in the social side of politics, and many people today would find that appropriate, however, her actions as a leader would not be respected by all. In the United States today, it is hard to please all sides of the political spectrum, and by Catherine taking actions that are completely one-sided many people would be outraged. People also like to know what's going on, and what our president is doing to cope with certain issues, but Catherine was very sneaky and took advantage of the people.
Henry's first wife was Catherine of Aragon. Henry and Catherine were married in 1509 and shortly after their marriage Catherine became pregnant. ... The first member of the medici family to hold high public office was Ardingo de Medici, elected Gonfaloniere in 1626.... In December 1503, Piero de Medici Drowned. ... Therefore his uncle, Cardinal Giovanni De Medici, was the head of the family. ...
Catherine de Medici, the mother of King Charles XI, set an arranged marriage between her daughter Margot de Valois and Huguenot King Henri of Navarre who is a protestant in order to pacify France and wrest power away from Admiral Coligny, a Protestant who has gained an ascendancy over the mind of Catherine's son, King Charles IX. ... He has got the name, "King", but the real power behind the throne is his immensely powerful mother, Catherine de Medici. ... There have been many attempts to eradicate Henri including the night when he is trying to sleep with the lady who is obviously sent ...
Bartholomew's Day Massacre, where Catherine de"Medici led the Massacre of the Huguenot gentry attending Henry Navarre's wedding in Paris. This occurred due to Catherine's concern that through marring into Royalty, the Huguenots were gaining too much power despite the fact that it was she who had originally arranged the marriage. ...
The Double Standard in the Courts of Henri II and Louis XIV During the reign of Henri II and Louis XIV women in their courts, were subjected to a double standard. There was even a double standard between women of different classes in the court. The Queen was in the minority of women who had sub...
Catherine de Medici tried to promote peace by issuing the "Edict of Toleration" in January "62, which made the practice of Protestantism not a crime, although it restricted preaching to open fields outside the towns and to private estates of Huguenot nobles. ... Catherine de Medici was forced to turn to the Guise to deal with this alarming development. ... With the Huguenot heartland in the south untouched and the royal treasury becoming impoverished, the crown's position was weak and Catherine leaned towards a settlement. ... Catherine began a two-year tour of the provinces with her son ...
Henry IV was a popular king who ruled France during the religious strife of the Reformation. He was son of Antoine de Bourbon and Jeanne d'Albret, who were the king and queen of Navarre. From his parents he was related with the royal house of France. He later became king of France and thus a new dyn...
Catherine de' Medici (1519-1589) loved dancing, pageants and spectacles because of her father, Lorenzo II, who was duke of Urbino. ... The first "traditional ballet- was first performed at Catherine's palace on a Sunday evening dated October 15, 1581. Named "Ballet Comique de la Reine- (The Queen's Dramatic Ballet), it was performed in honor of Catherine's sister, Margaret of Lorraine, who was marrying the duke of Joyeuse. ...
