Catherine De Medici is often Villainized in history books, she’s written off as power hungry and the reason the French wars of religion got so bad. But that’s not the whole story. Today I’m joined by my bestie Jules to talk about this fascinating women. Support this podcast: https://t.co/rHVVdHBtuf Works Cited

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