Un Grec au service de Sa Majesté

The purpose of this article is to explore foreignness as a condition of social climbing in the French 16th century. Demetrios Palaiologos was a Greek interpreter, merchant and officer who served King Francis I of France between 1533 and 1560. His life is still largely ignored by the historiography....

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Main Author: Mathieu Couderc
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses Universitaires du Midi 2021-02-01
Series:Diasporas: Circulations, Migrations, Histoire
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/diasporas/6484