WRITERS LIVING BETWEEN 1501 AND 1600

• al-Hussein, Sukaina bint [aka Sukayna bint al-Husayn] (fl. 16th cent.)
• Albana, Lucia (fl. 16th cent.)
• Alciati, Laura Gabrielki degli (fl. 16th cent.)
• Aldobrandina, Liona (fl. 16th cent.)
• Aliprandi, Ortensia (fl. 16th cent.)
• Andreini, Isabella, 1562-1604 [aka Isabella Canali; Isabella Da Padova] (1562 - 1604) ; More Information ; Wikipedia
• Anger, Jane, active 1589 (fl. 1589) ; Wikipedia
  • Jane Anger, Her Protection for Women (London: Printed by R. Jones and T. Orwin, 1589) (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
• Anguissola, Sofonisba, approximately 1532 or 1533-1625 (ca. 1532 - November 16, 1625) ; More Information ; Wikipedia
• Aragona, Giulia (fl. 16th cent.)
• Aragona, Tullia d', approximately 1510-1556 (1510 - 1556) ; More Information
• Aringhieri, Ermelma [aka Ermelma de' Ceretani] (fl. 16th cent.)
• Askew, Anne, 1521-1546 [aka Anne Ayscough] (1521 - July 16, 1546) ; Wikipedia
  • Select Works of John Bale, D.D., Bishop of Ossory: Containing the Examinations of Lord Cobham, William Thorpe, and Anne Askew, and The Image of Both Churches (Cambridge: Printed at the University press, 1849) (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Atalanta (fl. 16th cent.)
• Avalo, Costanza d' (fl. 16th cent.)
• B., Francesca (fl. 16th cent.)
• Bacon, Anne Cooke, Lady, 1528?-1610 (ca. 1528 - 1610)
• Baffa, Francesca (fl. 1540)
• Battiferri degli Ammannati, Laura, 1523-1589 (1523 - 1589) ; More Information
• Beaton, Mary (ca. 1543 - ca. 1597) ; Wikipedia
• Beaufort, Margaret, Countess of Richmond and Derby, 1443-1509 (May 31, 1443 - June 29, 1509) ; Wikipedia
• Berenice G. (fl. 16th cent.)
• Bertana, Lucia (fl. 16th cent.)
• Bichi, Pia (fl. 16th cent.)
• Bigolina, Giulia, -1569 (ca. 1516 - ca. 1569)
• Bijns, Anna (1493 - 1575) ; Wikipedia
• Boudewijns, Katharina (ca. 1520 - ca. 1603)
• Boursier, Louise Bourgeois, approximately 1563-1636 [aka Louise Bourgeois] (1563 - December 20, 1636) ; Wikipedia
• Brabant, Marie de (ca. 1530 - ca. 1600)
• Braccalli, Giulia (fl. 16th cent.)
• Braccalli, Selvaggia (fl. 16th cent.)
• Brahe, Sophia, 1556-1643 (August 24, 1556 - 1643) ; More Information ; Wikipedia
• Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Elizabeth von (1519 - 1558)
• Brembata, Emilia (fl. 16th cent.)
• Brunozzi, Cornelia [aka Cornelia de Villani] (fl. 16th cent.)
• Burghley, Mildred Cooke Cecil, Lady, 1526-1589 (August 25, 1526 - April 4, 1589)
• Caccini, Francesca, 1587-ca. 1640 (September 18, 1587 - ca. 1640) ; Wikipedia
• Campiglia, Maddalena, 1553-1595 (1553 - 1595)
• Canossa, Egeria (fl. 16th cent.)
• Capece, Isabella (fl. 16th cent.)
• Caraffa, Olimpia (fl. 16th cent.)
• Caro, Ana [aka Ana Caro Mallén de Soto] (ca. 1590 - January 31, 1652) ; In Spanish
• Cary, Elizabeth, Lady, 1585 or 1586-1639 [aka Elizabeth Tanfield Cary; Elizabeth Cary Falkland; Elizabeth Carew; Elizabeth Carey] (ca. 1585 - 1639) ; More Information ; Wikipedia
  • The Tragedie of Mariam, the Faire Queene of Jewry Written by That Learned, Vertuous, and Truly Noble Ladie, E. C. (London: Thomas Creede, for Richard Hawkins, 1613) (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
  • The tragedy of Mariam.1613. ([London : Printed for the Malone Society by H. Hart at the Oxford University Press,], 1914) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Castellana, Gerolema (fl. 16th cent.)
• Castro, Públia Hortênsia de, -1595 (1548 - 1595)
• Catharine, of Aragon, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1485-1536 (1485 - 1536)
• Catharine Parr, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1512-1548 (1512 - September 5, 1548) ; Wikipedia
• Catherine, of Genoa, Saint, 1447-1510 [aka La Beata Catterina; Catherine Fieschi Adorni] (1447 - 1510) ; More Information
  • Life and Doctrine of Saint Catherine of Genoa (with biographical material by unknown author) (HTML and other formats at CCEL)
  • Treatise on purgatory; tr. from the original Italian, with a preface by Cardinal Manning. (London, Burns, [1858]) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catherine de Médicis, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of France, 1519-1589 (1519 - 1589) ; More Information
• Cavalcanti, Giulia (fl. 16th cent.)
• Celsa, Nicoletta (fl. 16th cent.)
• Cepperello, Lisabetta da (fl. 16th cent.)
• Cernínova, Zuzana [aka Zuzana Cerninova z Harasova] (1600 - 1654)
• Chantal, Jeanne-Françoise de, Saint, 1572-1641 [aka Jeanne Francoise Fremyot Chantal; Jane Frances] (1572 - 1641)
• Cibo, Leonora [aka Leonora de' Vitelli] (fl. 16th cent.)
• Clermont, Catherine de (1543 - February 18, 1603) ; Wikipedia
• Coignard, Gabrielle de, -1586 (1550 - 1586) ; Wikipedia
• Colonna, Vittoria, 1492-1547 (1490 - February 25, 1547) ; More Information ; More Information ; Wikipedia
  • Amaro Lagrimar: The Poems of Vittoria Colonna (in English and Italian) (HTML and page images at jimandellen.org)
  • Rime di M. Vittoria Colonna d'Avalo, marchesana di Pescara, di nuovo date in luce da Antonio Bulifon. (Napoli, A spese di A. Bulifon, 1692) (page images at HathiTrust)
  • Sonette der Victoria Colonna / mit deutscher üebersetzung von Bertha Arndts ... (Schaffhausen : Fr. Hurter'sche Buchhandlung, 1858) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Colville of Culross, Elizabeth Colville, Lady [aka Elizabeth Melville] (ca. 1582 - ca. 1640) ; More Information ; More Information ; Wikipedia
• Cook, Elizabeth (1529 - 1609)
• Coomans, Johanna (ca. 1590 - 1659)
• Copia Sulam, Sarra, 1592-1641 (1592 - 1641) ; More Information ; Wikipedia
• Corombana, Vittoria (fl. 16th cent.)
• Cortese, Ersilia (fl. 16th cent.)
• Costanza, Bartolomea (fl. 16th cent.)
• Cotta, Cornelia (fl. 16th cent.)
• Crenne, Hélisenne de [aka Marguerite Briet] (ca. 1510 - ca. 1550) ; Wikipedia
• Cueva y Silva, Leonor de la (ca. 1600 - 1660)
• Curtis, Ella J. [aka Shirley Smith] (185 - 1910)
  • A Game of Chance: A Novel (3 volumes; London: Hurst and Blackett, 1889)
    • Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
    • Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
    • Volume III: multiple formats at archive.org
    • all 3 volumes; page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• de Cervaton, Ana (fl. 16th cent.)
• Dentière, Marie, 1495-1561 [aka Marie d'Ennetieres] (ca. 1495 - 1561) ; Wikipedia
• Des Roches, Catherine Fredonnoit, dame, 1542-1587 (1542 - 1587) ; More Information
• Des Roches, Madeleine Neveu, dame, approximately 1520-1587 (1520 - 1587) ; More Information
• Diana N. (fl. 16th cent.)
• Dolfi, Diamante (fl. 16th cent.)
• Dotta, Gentile (fl. 16th cent.)
• Douglas, Eleanor, Lady, -1652 [aka Eleanor Davies; Eleanor Audley; Eleanor Touchet] (1590 - 1652)
• Downing, Lucy Winthrop (ca. 1600 - 1679)
• Dowriche, Anne, active 1589 [aka Mrs. Hugh Dowriche; Anne Edgcumbe] (1559 - 1613) ; More Information ; Wikipedia
• Du Guillet, Pernette, 1520?-1545 (ca. 1520 - July 7, 1545) ; Wikipedia
• Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603 [aka Elizabeth Tudor] (1533 - 1603)
  • Queen Elizabeth's Englishings of Boethius, De consolatione philosophiae, A.D. 1593; Plutarch, de curiositate [1598]; Horace, De arte poetica (part) A.D. 1598. Ed. from the unique ms., partly in the Queen's hand, in the Public Record Office, London, by Miss Caroline Pemberton ... (London, Pub. for the Early English Text Society by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., 1899) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • Queene Elizabeth's Speech to Her Last Parliament (HTML at Emory)
• Enríquez de Guzmán, Feliciana (ca. 1580 - 1640)
• Este, Bianca Laura da (fl. 16th cent.)
• Faletta, Leonora (fl. 16th cent.)
• Fedele, Cassandra, 1465?-1558 (ca. 1465 - 1558) ; More Information
• Felice, Andromeda (fl. 16th cent.)
• Ferrari, Maria de' (fl. 16th cent.)
• Figliucci, Lugrezia (fl. 16th cent.)
• Fior, Narda (fl. 16th cent.)
• Fiorenza (fl. 16th cent.)
• Fonte, Moderata, 1555-1592 [aka Modesta Pozza] (1555 - 1592) ; More Information ; Wikipedia
• Forteguerri, Laudomia (1515 - 1555)
• Franco, Veronica, 1546-1591 (1546 - 1591) ; More Information ; Lettere Familiari ; Terze Rime ; Wikipedia
• Fratta, Cintia dalla (fl. 16th cent.)
• Freschi, Ortensia Semolina de' (fl. 16th cent.)
• Frescobaldi, Fiammetta (1523 - 1586)
• Galilei, Maria Celeste, 1600-1634 [aka Sister Marie Celeste; Virginia Galilei] (August 13, 1600 - 1634)
• Galindo, Beatriz, approximately 1465-1535 [aka La Latina] (ca. 1465 - November 23, 1535) ; Wikipedia
• Gàmbara, Veronica, 1485-1550 [aka Veronica Gambara] (November 29, 1485 - June 13, 1550) ; More Information ; More Information ; Wikipedia
  • Rime e lettere di Veronica Gambara, raccolte da Felice Rizzardi. (Brescia, G. Rizzardi, 1759) (page images at HathiTrust)
  • Rime e lettere. Novamente pubblicate per cura di Pia Mestica Chiapetti. (Firenze, G. Barbèra, 1879) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • Secret Sacred Woods: The Poems of Veronica Gambara (in English and Italian) (HTML at jimandellen.org)
• Gattesca, Candida (fl. 16th cent.)
• Gerrits, Soetjen ( - 1572)
• Golfarini, Anna (fl. 16th cent.)
• Gonzaga, Ippolita (fl. 16th cent.)
• Gournay, Marie Le Jars de, 1565-1645 (October 6, 1565 - July 13, 1645)
• Gregoria [aka Gentildonna Romana] (fl. 16th cent.)
• Grey, Jane, Lady, 1537-1554 [aka Jane Dudley] (1537 - February 12, 1554) ; More Information ; More Information ; Wikipedia
  • The Life, Death, and Actions of the Most Chast, Learned, and Religious Lady, the Lady Jane Gray, Daughter to the Duke of Suffolke (reprint of a book originally published 1615) (page images at HathiTrust)
  • The literary remains of Lady Jane Grey: with a memoir of her life, by Nicholas Harris Nicolas. (London, Harding, Triphook, and Lepard, 1825) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Grumbach, Argula von, 1492-ca. 1568 (ca. 1492 - ca. 1554) ; Wikipedia
• Grumella, Isotta Grembata (fl. 16th cent.)
• Grymeston, Elizabeth [aka Elizabeth Bernye Grymeston] (1563 - 1603) ; Wikipedia
• Guidiccioni, Laura (fl. 1550)
• Gulbadan, Begam, 1524-1603 (1524 - 1603)
• Harley, Brilliana, Lady [aka Brilliana Conway Harley] (ca. 1598 - 1643) ; Wikipedia
• Heilsbach, Agnes van (1597 - 1640)
• Heymair, Magdalena (ca. 1545 - )
• Hoby, Margaret, Lady, 1570 or 1571-1633 [aka Margaret Dakins Devereux Sidney Hoby] (ca. 1570 - September 6, 1633) ; Wikipedia
• Hooton, Elizabeth, approximately 1600-1672 (1600 - 1672) ; Wikipedia
• Hoyers, Anna Ovena, 1584-1655 (1584 - 1655)
• Hutchinson, Anne, 1591-1643 [aka Anne Marbury Hutchinson] (1591 - August 20, 1643) ; More Information ; More Information ; Wikipedia
• Incerta (fl. 16th cent.)
• Inglis, Esther, 1571-1624 [aka Esther Kello] (1571 - 1624) ; Wikipedia
• Isabella d'Este, consort of Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua, 1474-1539 [aka Isabella D'Este] (1474 - 1539)
• Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre, 1528-1572 (1528 - 1572)
• Jocelin, Elizabeth, 1596-1622 [aka Elizabeth Joceline] (1596 - 1622) ; Wikipedia
• Jussie, Jeanne de, 1503-1561 (1503 - 1561) ; Wikipedia
• L'Aubespine, Madeleine de, 1546-1596 [aka Madeleine de l'Dame de Villeroy Aubespine] (1546 - 1596)
• Labé, Louise, 1526?-1566 [aka Louise Charlin Perrin Labe] (ca. 1520 - April 25, 1566) ; More Information ; In French ; Wikipedia
• Lacerda, Bernarda Ferreira de, 1595-1644 (1595 - 1644)
• Langosca, Maria (fl. 16th cent.)
• Lanyer, Aemilia [aka Aemilia Bassano Lanyer] (1569 - 1645) ; More Information ; Wikipedia
  • Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum
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• Levi, Rosa (fl. 16th cent.)
• Liébaut, Madame, 1545- [aka Nicole Estienne; Olympe] (ca. 1544 - ca. 1596)
• Lincoln, Elizabeth Clinton, Countess of [aka Elizabeth Knevitt Clinton; Elizabeth Knevet] (ca. 1574 - ca. 1630)
  • The Countesse of Lincolnes Nurserie (Oxford: John Lichfield And James Short, 1622)
    • HTML at Celebration of Women Writers
    • HTML with commentary at Emory
• Lisle, Honor Plantagenet, Viscountess, approximately 1493-1566 [aka Honor Grenville Basset Lisle] (ca. 1493 - 1566) ; Wikipedia
• Lom, Mechtildis van (1600 - 1653)
• Louise, de Savoie, duchesse d'Angoulême, 1476-1531 (September 11, 1476 - September 22, 1531) ; Wikipedia
• Louise de Coligny, Princess, consort of William I, Prince of Orange, 1555-1620 (1555 - 1620)
• Loynes, Antoinette de (fl. 1560)
• Lumley, Jane Lumley, Baroness, approximately 1537-1577 [aka Jane Fitzalan Lumley; Jane Fitzalan] (ca. 1537 - ca. 1576)
  • Iphigenia at Aulis (London: The Malone Society Reprints, 1909) (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Lunata, Alda Torella (fl. 16th cent.)
• Magnacavallo, Cassandra Giovia (fl. 16th cent.)
• Makin, Bathsua, 1600-ca. 1675 [aka Bathsua Reginald; Mrs. Richard Makin] (ca. 1600 - ca. 1675) ; More Information ; More Information ; Wikipedia
  • An Essay to Revive the Antient Education of Gentlewomen, in Religion, Manners, Arts and Tongues; With An Answer to the Objections Against This Way of Education (London: Printed by J. D. to be sold by T. Parkhurst, 1673) (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
• Malapiera, Olimpia (fl. 16th cent.)
• Malaspina, Fiametta [aka Fiametta Soderini] (fl. 16th cent.)
• Margaret, of Austria, Regent of the Netherlands, 1480-1530 [aka d'Autriche-Bourgogne Marguerite] (1480 - 1530)
• Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre, 1492-1549 [aka Marguerite de Navarre d'Angouleme Duchesse d'Alencon] (April 11, 1492 - December 21, 1549) ; More Information ; Wikipedia
  • Das Heptameron : die Erzählungen der Königin von Navarra / verdeutscht von Carl Theodor Albert Ritter von Riba ; illustriert von F. von Bayros. (Berlin : W. Borngräber, [1913]) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • The fortunate lovers; twenty-seven novels of the Queen of Navarre; translated from the original French by Arthur Machen. Edited and selected from the Hoptameron, with notes, pedigrees, and an introduction by A. Mary F. Robinson. With original etching by G.P. Jacomb Hood. (London, G. Redway, 1887) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • The Heptameron; (London, G. Routledge & sons, limited; New York, E. P. Dutton & co., [1905]) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • The heptameron / Margaret, Queen of Navarre ; translated from the old French into English with eight original etchings by Leopold Flameng. (Philadelphia : G. Barrie, Importer, 1881) (page images at HathiTrust)
  • The Heptameron / of Margaret, queen of Navarre. (New York : Gates, 1877) (page images at HathiTrust)
  • The Heptameron of Margaret, Queen of Navarre (illustrated HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
  • The Heptameron of Margaret, queen of Navarre / Translated from the French ; With a memoir of the author. (London : H. G. Bohn, 1849) (page images at HathiTrust)
  • The Heptameron of Margaret, queen of Navarre. Tr. from the French. With a memoir of the author. By Walter K. Kelly. (London, H.G. Bohn, 1855) (page images at HathiTrust)
  • The Heptameron of the tales of Margaret, Queen of Navarre. (London : Gibbings, [spine 1907]) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • The Heptameron of the tales of Margaret, Queen of Navarre. (London : Gibbings, [spine 1911]) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • The heptameron of the tales of Margaret, queen of Navarre. newly translated from the authentic text, with an essay upon the heptameron by George Saintsbury. (London, Priv. print. for members of the Aldus Society, 1903) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • The Heptameron of the tales of Margaret, queen of Navarre. Translated into English from the authentic text of M. Le Roux de Lincy with an essay upon the Heptameron by George Saintsbury. (London, Privately printed for the Navarre Society, 1922) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • La prima opera di Margherita di Navarra e la terza rima in Francia. (Catania : F. Battatio, 1920) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • La prima opera di Margnerita di Navarra e la terza rima in Francia. (Catania, F. Battiato, 1920) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • Les dernières poésies de Marguerite de Navarre, (Paris, A. Colin & cie, 1896) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • Les marguerites de la Marguerite des princesses : texte de l'édition de 1547 / publié avec introd., notes et glossaire par Félix Frank, et accompagné de la reproduction des gravures sur bois de l'original et d'un portrait de Marguerite de Navarre. (Paris : Librairie des bibliophiles, 1873) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • Les marguerites de la Marguerite des princesses : texte de l'édition de 547 / publié avec introd., notes et glossaire, par Félix Frank. (Paris : Librairie des bibliophiles, 1873) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • Lettres de Marguerite d'Angoulême, sœur de François Ier, reine de Navarre, publiées d'après les manuscrits de la Bibliothèque du roi par F. Génin. (Paris, J. Renouard et cie, 1841) (page images at HathiTrust)
  • L'Heptaméron; contes de la reine de Navarre. (Paris, Garnier frères, [1893]) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • L'heptaméron; contes de la reine de Navarre. (Paris, Garnier frères, [1863]) (page images at HathiTrust)
  • L'Heptaméron; contes de la reine de Navarre. (Paris, Garnier frères, 1866) (page images at HathiTrust)
  • L'Heptaméron; contes de la reine de Navarre. (Paris, Garnier frères, [1893]) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • L'heptaméron : contes et nouvelles de la reine de Navarre. (Paris : Verda, [1900?]) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • L'Heptaméron de la reine Marguerite de Navarre, avec une introduction, un index et des notes par Félix Frank. Orné d'un portrait de la reine Marguerite et de douze dessins de Sahib [pseud.] gravés sur bois par A. Prunaire ... (Paris, I. Liseux, 1879) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • L'Heptaméron des nouvelles / de Marguerite d'Angoulesme, Royne de Navarre ; Texte des manuscrits avec notes, variantes et glossaire par Frédéric Dillaye ; Notice par A. France. (Paris : A. Lemerre, 1879) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • L'Heptaméron des nouvelles / Marguerite de Navarre ; réimprimé par les soins de D. Jouaust ; avec une notice, des notes et un glossaire par Paul Lacroix. (Paris : Librairie des bibliophiles, 1879-1880) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • L'Heptaméron des nouvelles de Marguerite d'Angouleeme...Texte des manuscrits avec notes, variantes et glossaire, par Frédéric Dillaye. Notice par A. France... (Paris, Lemerre, 1879) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • L'heptameron des nouvelles de très haute & très illustre princess Marguerite d'Angoulême, reine de Navarre. (Paris, Imprimé avee les caractères de la Société des bibliographiles françois, 1853-54) (page images at HathiTrust)
  • L'heptaméron des nouvelles de très haute & très illustre princesse Marguerite d'Angouleme, reine de Navarre. (Paris : Société des bibliophiles françois, 1853-1854) (page images at HathiTrust)
  • L'Heptaméron des nouvelles, de très haute et très illustre princesse Marguerite d'Angoulême, reine de Navarre. Publié sur les notes de Mm. Le Roux de Lincy & Anatole de Montaiglon. (Paris, A. Eudes, 1880) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • L'Heptaméron : ou, Histoire des amants fortunés, nouvelles de la reine Marguerite de Navarre / Ancien texte publié par Claude Gruget dans l'edition originale de 1559, revu, corrigé et publié avec des notes et une notice par le bibliophile Jacob [pseud.] (Paris : C. Gossselin, 1841) (page images at HathiTrust)
  • Liebesgeschichten. Herausgegeben und übersetzt von Curt Moreck. (München, Hirth, 1921) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • Margaret, Queen of Navarre : The Heptameron / translated from the Old French into English, with eight original etchings by Leopold Flameng. (Philadelphia : G. Barrie, [18--?]) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • The mirror of the sinful soul. A prose translation from the French of a poem by Queen Margaret of Navarre, made in 1544 by the Princess (afterwards Queen) Elizabeth, then eleven years of age. Ed. by Percy W. Ames. (London, Asher and co., 1897) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • Nouvelles lettres de la reine de Navarre : adressées au roi François Ier, son frère / publiées d'après le manuscrit de la Bibliothèque du Roi par F. Génin. (Paris : J. Renouard, 1842) (page images at HathiTrust)
  • Nouvelles lettres de la Reine de Navarre adresséés au roi François Ier, son frère. Pub. d'après le manuscrit de la Bibliothèque du roi, par F. Génin. (Paris, J. Renouard et cie, 1842) (page images at HathiTrust)
  • Nouvelles lettres de la reine de Navarre, adressées au roi François Ier, son frère. Publiées d'après le manuscrit de la Bibliothèque du roi, par F. Génin. Paris, J. Renouard, 1842. (New York, Johsnon Reprint Corp., [1965]) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • Nouvelles lettres de la reine de Navarre adressés au roi François 1er, son frère; pub. d'après le Manuscrit de la Bibliothèque du Roi par F. Génin. (Paris, Renouard, 1842) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry IV, King of France, 1553-1615 [aka Marguerite de Valois; Margherita di Valois] (1553 - 1615)
  • La ruelle mal assortie : ou, entretiens amoureux d'une dame eloquente avec un cavalier gascon plus beau de corps que d'esprit et qui a autant d'ignorance comme elle a de sçauoir / par Marguerite de Valois. (Paris : A. Aubry, 1855) (page images at HathiTrust)
  • Lettres inédites de Marguerite de Valois (1580) : tirées des archives de la ville de Condom / par Philippe Lauzun. (Auch : F. Foix, 1881) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • Lettres inédites de Marguerite de Valois a Pomponne de Bellièvre / par Ph. Tamizey de Larroque. (Toulouse : E. Privat, 1897) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • Margaretha von Valois : Memoiren, Briefe und sonstige Dokumente ihres Lebens / herausgegeben von W. Fred ; [übersetzt von Friedrich Schlegel]. (Leipzig : Insel-Verlag, 1912) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • Mémoires / de Marguerite de Valois ; suivis des anecdotes inédites de l'histoire de France, pendant les XVIe et XVIIe siècles, tirées de la bouche de M. le garde des sceaux du Vair et autres, publiés avec notes par Ludovic Lalanne. (Paris : P. Jannet, 1858) (page images at HathiTrust)
  • Mémoires de Marguérite de Valois; introduction et notes de Paul Bonnefon; orné d'un portrait gravé sur bois par Achille Ouvré. (Paris, Éditions Bossard, 1920) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • Mémoires de Marguerite de Valois, première femme de Henri IV, avec notes biographiques et littéraires par Charles Caboche. (Paris, Charpertier, 1860) (page images at HathiTrust)
  • Mémoires et lettres de Marguerite de Valois. (Paris, J. Renouard et cie, 1842) (page images at HathiTrust)
  • Mémoires et lettres de Marguerite de Valois. (Paris, J. Renouard, 1842) (page images at HathiTrust)
  • Mémoires; suivis des Anecdotes inédites de l'historire de France penduant les XVIe et XVII siècles, tirées de la bouche de M. Du Vai et autre Publie's par Ludovic Lalanne. (Paris, 1850) (page images at HathiTrust)
  • Memoirs of Margaret de Valois ... containing the secret history of the court of France ... from 1565 to 1582 ... including a full account of the massacre of the Protestants, on St. Bartholomew's day ... tr. from the original French ... (London, Robinson, 1813) (page images at HathiTrust)
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