Catherine de Médicis
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The real power behind the throne during this period was their mother, Catherine de Médicis.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012
The others support merely a gallery, called by our guide the ballroom of Catherine de Médicis, ending in a small theatre.
From Correspondence & Conversations of Alexis de Tocqueville with Nassau William Senior from 1834 to 1859, Volume 2 by Tocqueville, Alexis de
Nicotine is named from Jean Nicot, French ambassador at Lisbon, who sent some tobacco plants to Catherine de Médicis in 1560.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest
The rooms still retain the furniture which was put into them by Diane de Poictiers and Catherine de Médicis; very curious and very uncomfortable; high narrow chairs, short sofas, many-footed tables, and diminutive mirrors.
From Correspondence & Conversations of Alexis de Tocqueville with Nassau William Senior from 1834 to 1859, Volume 2 by Tocqueville, Alexis de
The physician of Catherine de Médicis, Ambroise Paré, describes every one of the noises heard by the Wesleys, long after his day, as familiar, and as caused by devils.
From Cock Lane and Common-Sense by Lang, Andrew
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