Catherine De Medici - The Black Queen of France Documentary

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[bellat]

breaks my heart. orphaned less than a month after birth. held hostage as a child, moved from convent to convent, death threats and s*xual a*sult threats as young girl. her husband ignoring her most of their marriage, fathering bastards and openly having affairs, having to beg at the feet of her father in law to let her stay at court, first 10 years of her marriage and not children. being hated by the french people, and mistreated by those at court, loosing 3 children as infants and outliving 8 of her 10 children.
yes her life is fascinating but, my gosh was it tragic absolutely breaks my heart for her.

[righterreeder]

Her fight for religious tolerance in a time of high emotional religiosity speaks volumes about her refined character and conscience.

[RoryPattonDreamerOfDunsidhe]

She played the hand she had been dealt with sensitivity and skill. Looking at the slaughters that took place during her lifetime despite her attempts to keep the peace, I wonder how much more blood would have been spilt without har efforts. Her work was repeatedly undermined by men lacking her vision and understanding. This was a documentary that did her justice. Thank you.

[Tomatohater]

What I love most about these biographies is that whether you agree or disagree with much that is presented, they are entirely fair, even-handed, well-researched, and quite factual. I love them. Another great job here.

[alebhard]

It is such a pity that nobody tells about the cultural revolution she has made at the French Court! She taught them to use cutlery, table cloth and her numerous cooks she has brought with her, taught the French about refined recipes! And these are only some examples! The French never liked her and the negative propaganda lasts until today!

[tammydodd]

I believe that Catherine de Medici was a Survivor and as strong Woman could ever hope to be.Her Devotion to her husband and children are evident. I greatly admire her . May She Rest In Peace

[jorgegustavoortiz]

Amazing history of an amazing woman, who lived long ahead of her time. Who also carried the intelligence and political ability of the Medici's.

[donnaroberts]

Wow. The most dynamic single mother in history. Not discounting tremendous examples to date, but the level this lady took it to was beyond any other I've heard. Could only imagine what it took to survive. Thank you for sharing.

[mightymissk]

This documentary was fair to Catherine De Medici and that is unusual. Well done. I did not know that Catherine tried so persistently to broker peace between the Catholics and the Huguenots. It’s a tragedy that she didn’t succeed. Maybe nobody could have succeeded.

[garfieldfarkle]

Catherine was a great woman of her time.
Just being able to survive is amazing and it took an extraordinary woman of rare talent to prevail and maintain power in the midst of so much turmoil.

[billfarley]

I'm now 89 years old, a Canadian and a descendant of Huguenots from my mother's side of the family. Apparently, they fled to England in 1573 and became English subjects, as did hundreds of others during that tumultuous period. I remember my great grandmother whom I met when I was 6 years old. That was in 1939. She was tiny with black piercing eyes and black hair. That's all I remember. She was a descendant of the Pussard family whose lineage was Huguenot. As for me, I was born in 1933 and am descended from Irish, Scots, English, French and Norwegian. A true Canadian!
This video shone a huge light on the events leading up to their migration to England. Thank you for that.

[carolynmayo]

I am a descendant of the French Huguenots, and very proud of this heritage. Catherine tried to maintain some semblance of cooperation between the Catholics and the Huguenots, but alas people couldn’t be persuaded to deal with different religious dogma. Hindsight is 20/20.

[bestofnature-hi]

ALL the Medicis of Florence are fascinating. The Boboli Park was donated by one of the Medicis to the people of Florence. They were once the richest people on earth at one time. Try visiting their palaces in Florence, you won't regret it. 😉

[baisophiabaraguir]

She is a real mother in all sense. Nurturing and protective both to her family and France. She could win a Nobel Peace award in our day for her conciliatory initiatives to have peace between the protestants and the catholics.

[petemowbray]

Such an extraordinary woman and a complex period. I studied her life as research for two novels I wrote about her and there were so many layers to this woman. Not a particularly pleasant character but vastly underrated as a diplomat and negotiator yet I think she is best judged by the period she lived in.
So much of her behaviour and actions are objective and whether or not she was the obsessed schemer who poisoned her enemies as was generally observed by many scholars we will never know for certain. Much was written about her before sources and documents were available to study her in greater depth. “The Serpent Queen” is ridiculous of course, historically speaking, but it’s good to have her name spoken of in any medium. You could study for a lifetime and never truly understand her, but it is that which makes her all the more enigmatic.

[karenmcrae]

She is a person who had a hard life and did her best for her children.

[lilmissriss]

I know very little about Catherine De Medici but from what I have learnt from this great video, I think she clearly had a massive role to play as a wife, a mother, a woman in royal power. Whilst not all her decisions were necessarily great choices, she ultimately had to make them and do what needed to be done. As another person stated in a comment earlier, being a royal in that era, one automatically had a target on one’s back. I’m keen to learn more and/or rewatch this video, was a lot to absorb without any prior knowledge about her. I am definitely looking into watching the movie someone else had recommended, ‘La Reine Margot’. Apparently it is great.
Thank you for this wonderful video/documentary☺️

[kunya]

We need to stop trying to decide if historical figures were either bad guys or good guys. They were products of their time. Many doing a lot of good and a lot of bad. They aren't heros and they aren't devils, for the most part. We have hindsight and they did not. We are a product of our time and they, theirs. We can admire someone and equally be disgusted at certain things they did.

[dr.bethmccullochvinson]

Very beautifully portrayed! As a researcher, I especially appreciated the presentation as a balanced view, leaving it to each of us to consider for ourselves. A bonus was the exquisite verbal presentation using fluid and natural pronunciation. The latter is sometimes “slaughtered.” Thank you. Dr. Beth McCulloch Vinson