Chapter 1 Introduction: Renée de France’s Life and Legacy

Chapter 2 Anne de Bretagne, Claude de France, and the Roots of Renée’s Persona

Chapter 4 Back to Basics: Rereading the “Ferrarese Imbroglio” of 1536 in Light of Primary Sources

Chapter 5 The Duchess and the Poet: Rereading Variants of Two Poems Written in Exile by Clément Marot to Renée de France in Relation to Ongoing Diplomatic Negotiations (1535–1538)

Chapter 6 “C’est mon stile qui change”: Clément Marot’s Lyrical Turn in Renée de France’s Pays Italique

Chapter 7 Between Literature and Religion: Renata di Francia’s Literary Network

Chapter 8 Renata di Francia and the Theater: Some Hypotheses

Chapter 9 A Challenging Wife: Renée de France and Simulated Celibacy

Chapter 10 Under the Rubble: Renée de France and Fragments of Art from Her Italian Years

Chapter 11 Renée de France as Dowager Duchess and Epistolary Diplomat

Chapter 12 The Gardens of the Château de Montargis as an Expression of Renée de France’s Identity (1560-1575)

Chapter 13 Epilogue: Future Directions for Studying the Life and Legacy of Renée de France