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active 16th century seigneur de La Mothe-Fénelon Bertrand de Salignac
A French diplomat at the courts of Elizabeth I and James VI, he left behind vivid letters from one of the most tense and fascinating periods in European politics. His surviving correspondence still helps readers glimpse how power, religion, and rivalry shaped the late 1500s.
7 Audiobooks
Supplément à la Correspondance Diplomatique de Bertrand de Salignac de La Mothe Fénélon, Tome Septième Ambassadeur de France en Angleterre de 1568 à 1575
by active 16th century seigneur de La Mothe-Fénelon Bertrand de Salignac
Correspondance diplomatique de Bertrand de Salignac de La Mothe Fénélon, Tome Cinquième Ambassadeur de France en Angleterre de 1568 à 1575
by active 16th century seigneur de La Mothe-Fénelon Bertrand de Salignac
Correspondance diplomatique de Bertrand de Salignac de la Motte Fénélon, Tome Sixième Ambassadeur de France en Angleterre de 1568 à 1575
by active 16th century seigneur de La Mothe-Fénelon Bertrand de Salignac
Correspondance Diplomatique de Bertrand de Salignac de La Mothe Fénélon, Tome Quatrième Ambassadeur de France en Angleterre de 1568 à 1575
by active 16th century seigneur de La Mothe-Fénelon Bertrand de Salignac
Correspondance Diplomatique de Bertrand de Salignac de La Mothe Fénélon, Tome Troisième
by active 16th century seigneur de La Mothe-Fénelon Bertrand de Salignac
Correspondance diplomatique de Bertrand de Salignac de La Mothe Fénélon, tome premier Ambassadeur de France en Angleterre de 1568 à 1575
by active 16th century seigneur de La Mothe-Fénelon Bertrand de Salignac
Correspondance diplomatique de Bertrand de Salignac de La Mothe Fénélon, Tome Second Ambassadeur de France en Angleterre de 1568 à 1575
by active 16th century seigneur de La Mothe-Fénelon Bertrand de Salignac
About the author
Born in 1523 into a noble family from Périgord, Bertrand de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon became one of the best-known French diplomats of the late sixteenth century. After military service, he entered royal service and went on to build a reputation as a skilled envoy during a turbulent age of religious conflict and shifting alliances.
He is best remembered for serving as French ambassador to England from 1568 to 1575, where he dealt with the court of Elizabeth I. He was later sent to Scotland as ambassador to James VI. His diplomatic letters, preserved and published after his lifetime, are especially valued for their detailed picture of court politics, international tension, and the personalities who shaped events.
La Mothe-Fénelon died in 1589. Today, his name survives less through a single literary work than through his correspondence, which remains an important source for historians of France, England, and Scotland in the Renaissance.