Women in the House of Habsburg in Papiers d’État du cardinal Granvelle by Charles Weiss

Abstract

The editions that have been made of 16th century correspondences have frequently omitted the letters written by women. It is the case of the work of Charles Weiss, Papiers d’État du cardinal de Granvelle (1841-1852). In the 9 volumes that form this edition, the commission directed by Weiss published many letters of the Bibliothèque Municipale de Besançon that belonged to Antoine Perrenot, cardinal of Granvelle. This study will examine the letters that were written by the women of the family of Austria and that were published in the Papiers d’État. It will show which criteria were followed to select the letters for the publication, and it will highlight the results of the edition that was finally made.