IANE'S CORRESPONDENCE
Besides over one hundred extent letters, Diane left two poems to posterity. The letters are written for a diversity of occasions, public and private. Some are written in the king’s name, others are cowritten by Diane and Henry. Her personal letters often focus in on public concerns and her letters about her private affairs were the subject of public discussion in her lifetime. The public and the private are thus blurred in her writings which give a glimpse of the personality of one of the most public of people of the French Renaissance. Please remember that these letters are transcribed exactly as they were written in Old French
All Diane's correspondence bore her strong and confident signature:
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MONSR Le TRESSOURYER ROUBERTET
MONSIEUR LE GRANT MESTRE
MONSr LE MARESCHAL DE BRISSAC
MONSR DE HUMYÈRES
MADAME DE HUMYÈRES
MONSR LE DUC D'AUMALLE
MADAME LA DUCHESSE D'AUMALLE
MONR DU BOUCHAIGE
MONSR LE DUC DE GUISE
MADAME DE GUISE
MONSR D'URFÉ
On behalf of Henri
RECEIPTS
MONSIEUR LE RECEPVEUR DE SÉRÉ, CONSEILLIER DU ROY ET SECRÉTAIRE DE SES FINANCES, A PARIS
MONSR LE CONNESTABLE
MADAME LA CONNESTABLE
MONSR DE NEVERS
MADAME DE LONGUEVAL
MADAME DE MONTAYGU
MONSR LE CARDINAL DE TOURNON
MONSR DE CHARLUS
MONSR DE LA VIGNE, AMBASSADEUR POUR LE ROY DEVERS LE GRAND SEIGNEUR
MONSR DE LYMOGES
MONSIEUR, MONS LE DUC DE NYVERNOYS
This text is based on the 1866 edition of Diane de Poitier's Lettres edited by Georges Guiffrey. (Jules Renouard, Publisher, Paris, 1924.)
The transcription is from the University of Minnesota Libraries. Call number: 944.028 P75c. Used with permission.
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