Synthèse
"The power of Queen Claude de France, who gave birth to seven children and died at the age of twenty-four, was objectively curbed by “the Royal Trinity” of François I, Louise de Savoie and Marguerite de Navarre. This essay examines texts, ambassadorial accounts and artworks that nonethe-less point to Claude’s role as an active promoter of religious reform and prove that she functioned as a discrete magnet for political opposition to the contested policies of François and Louise. Were Claude’s image, stature and popularity feared by Louise and François ? Was it not the religious tolerance not only of Marguerite de Navarre but also of Claude’s own court that was transmitted to her sister Renée and daughter Marguerite de France ?"
