Игра королев. Женщины, которые изменили историю Европы

"Letom 1513 goda pri dvore Margarity Avstriĭskoĭ poi͡avilasʹ devochka - dochʹ pridvornogo, obuchennai͡a ponimatʹ opasnyĭ dvort͡sovyĭ tanet͡s. Ona znala, chto luchsheĭ zashchitoĭ dli͡a devushki sluzhit ee um, chto blagosostoi͡anie semʹi mozhet izmenitʹsi͡a po prikhoti koroli͡a i chto na evropeĭskoĭ politicheskoĭ arene razygryvaetsi͡a bolʹshai͡a shakhmatnai͡a partii͡a, v kotoroĭ dazhe ona mozhet sygratʹ opredelennui͡u rolʹ. Nikto, razumeetsi͡a, ne predstavli͡al, naskolʹko znachitelʹnoĭ budet ėta rolʹ". (Sara Gristvud) Anna Boleĭn i Margarita Avstriĭskai͡a, pri dvore kotoroĭ ona sluzhila i vospityvalasʹ. Luiza Savoĭskai͡a i ee dochʹ, odna iz pervykh frant͡suzskikh pisatelʹnit͡s, Margarita Navarrskai͡a. Kristina Datskai͡a i Ekaterina Medichi, po slukham imevshai͡a strastʹ k i͡adam. Ėto lishʹ nekotorye iz znamenitykh zhenshchin, kotorye uchastvovali v evropeĭskoĭ politike XVI veka, a zachastui͡u i polnostʹi͡u ee napravli͡ali. Ėti udivitelʹnye pravitelʹnit͡sy soznatelʹno polʹzovalisʹ svoim statusom, chtoby vesti dela po-drugomu, priznavali sestrinskie uzy, okazyvalisʹ peshkami v chuzhoĭ igre i polʹzovalisʹ drugimi li͡udʹmi - v sobstvennoĭ. V shakhmatnoĭ partii evropeĭskoĭ politiki imenno koroleva stala kli͡uchevoĭ figuroĭ. Istorii͡a XVI veka - ėto gambit korolev.

"In the summer of 1513, a girl appeared at the court of Margaret of Austria — the daughter of a courtier, trained to understand the dangerous palace dance. She knew that the best protection for a girl was her mind, that the welfare of the family could change at the whim of the king, and that a big chess game was being played in the European political arena, in which even she could play a role. Of course, no one imagined how significant this role would be." (Sarah Gristwood) Anne Boleyn and Margaret of Austria, at whose court she served and was raised. Louise of Savoy and her daughter, one of the first French writers, Marguerite of Navarre. Christina of Denmark and Catherine de' Medici, rumored to have a passion for poisons. These are just some of the famous women who participated in the European politics of the XVI century, and often completely directed it. These amazing rulers deliberately used their status to do things differently, recognized sisterly ties, turned out to be pawns in someone else's game and took advantage of other people in their own. In the chess game of European politics, it was the queen who became the key figure. The history of the XVI century is a gambit of queens.