CATHERINE DE MEDICIS

Additional reading H. de la Ferriere and Baguenault de Puchesse, Lettres de Catherine de Mdicis, 10 vol. (18801909), with valuable introductions; Lucien Romier, Le Royaume de Catherine de Mdicis, 2nd ed., 2 vol. (1922), for background analysis; N.M. Sutherland, The Massacre of St. Bartholomew and the European Conflict 15591572 (1972), distinguishes the role of Catherine from that of the King and the Cardinal of Lorraine; Paul Van Dyke, Catherine de Mdicis, 2 vol. (1922), an old-fashioned account of Catherine's life and times.