Catherine de Medici didn't give a damn about her reputation. The 16th century Queen of France has gone down in history for her notorious use of poison, her manipulative courtroom scheming, and her ...

Historical figure Catherine de Medici gets the period-drama-with-a-twist treatment in Starz’s “The Serpent Queen,” as the show finds a unique way to tell the story of the Italian-born French queen, ...

Catherine de’ Medici was born a piece on a political chessboard in 1519. Orphaned before she was a month old in her native Italy, this Catholic daughter of a French princess and a Florentine dynast ...

In the last week, I’ve been contacted by several friends and colleagues telling me if you type #catherinedemedici in Twitter, a snake emoji automatically appears. Designed to sync with “The Serpent ...

On August 24, 1572, just before dawn, the bell of Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois began to toll. What happened next would become one of the worst religious massacres of the 16th century. The St. Bartholomew ...

Catherine de' Medici has been depicted as The Black Queen in a number of different period dramas, with each take tending to be more extreme in portraying her life and choices. Starz's The Serpent ...

When contemplating the experience of watching the first five episodes of The Serpent Queen, the newest period drama from Starz, there is one undeniable takeaway: Samantha Morton is a perfect Catherine ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Starz‘s new costume drama The Serpent Queen introduces its thorniest historic heroine yet: Catherine de’ Medici. Orphaned young in life and abandoned for years in a ...