Episode 220 – The Life & Reign of Claude of France with Professor Kathleen Wilson-Chevalier

Guest Bio

Kathleen Wilson-Chevalier is Art History Professor Emerita at The American University of Paris. Trained as a Fontainebleau specialist, she has published a catalogue on French Renaissance prints, edited books (Royaume de fémynie, with Eliane Viennot; Patronnes et mécènes en France à la Renaissance; Femmes et fonctions à la cour de France, with Caroline zum Kolk), and written articles on French women of rank and their artistic patronage. Her most recent publications examine commissions associated with two Bourbon princesses, Jeanne de France and Louise de Bourbon-Montpensier, but especially the piety and patronage of Queen Claude de France, tightly linked to those of her mother Anne de Bretagne and her sister Duchess Renée. She will be organizing the Kings and Queens Conference Series #13 with the Royal Studies Network, which will honor the fifth centenary of the death of Claude de France.

Kathleen’s Tudor Takeaway

The Prayer Book of Claude de France 

Natalie Grueninger speaks with Kathleen Wilson-Chevalier about Claude of France.

Tune in to hear Natalie and Kathleen discuss:

– Claude’s family and upbringing

– Claude’s education

– Her relationship with her mother, Anne of Brittany

– How she got on with her mother-in-law, Louise of Savoy, and sister-in-law, Marguerite de Navarre

– Claude’s reign

– The women who served in Claude’s household

– Claude’s religious beliefs

– How she was viewed by her contemporaries

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