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Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Becoming a Queen in Early Modern Europe Katarzyna Kosior Queens of Poland are conspicuously absent from the study of European queenship—an absence which, together with early modern Poland’s marginal place in the historiography, results in a picture of European royal culture that can only be lopsided and incomplete. Katarzyna... Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan Parution : 2019-03-18 Collection : Queenship and Power PDF, ePub 94,94 € PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Elizabeth I of England through Valois Eyes Estelle Paranque This book examines the first thirty years of Elizabeth I’s reign from the perspective of the Valois kings, Charles IX and Henri III of France. Estelle Paranque sifts through hundreds of French letters and ambassadorial reports to construct a fuller picture of early... Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan Parution : 2018-10-27 Collection : Queenship and Power PDF, ePub 42,19 € PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Queen Caroline and Sir William Gell Jason Thompson , Jason Thompson This book explores the relationship between Queen Caroline, one of the most enigmatic characters in Regency England, and Sir William Gell, the leading classical scholar of his day. Despised and rejected by her husband, Caroline created a sphere and court of her own... Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan Parution : 2018-09-25 Collection : Queenship and Power PDF, ePub 73,84 € PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies The Palgrave Handbook of Shakespeare's Queens Kavita Mudan Finn , Valerie Schutte Of Shakespeare’s thirty-seven plays, fifteen include queens. This collection gives these characters their due as powerful early modern women and agents of change, bringing together new perspectives from scholars of literature, history, theater, and the fine arts. Essays... Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan Parution : 2018-07-20 Collection : Queenship and Power PDF, ePub 304,89 € PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Queenship and Counsel in Early Modern Europe Catherine Fletcher , Helen Matheson-Pollock , Joanne Paul The discourse of political counsel in early modern Europe depended on the participation of men, as both counsellors and counselled. Women were often thought too irrational or imprudent to give or receive political advice—but they did in unprecedented numbers, as this... Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan Parution : 2018-07-16 Collection : Queenship and Power PDF, ePub 116,04 € PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Royal Women and Dynastic Loyalty Elizabeth Carney , Caroline Dunn Royal women did much more to wield power besides marrying the king and producing the heir. Subverting the dichotomies of public/private and formal/informal that gender public authority as male and informal authority as female, this book examines royal women as agents of... Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan Parution : 2018-05-21 Collection : Queenship and Power PDF, ePub 137,14 € PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Shakespeare's Foreign Queens Sandra Logan This book examines Shakespeare’s depiction of foreign queens as he uses them to reveal and embody tensions within early modern English politics. Linking early modern and contemporary political theory and concerns through the concepts of fragmented identity, hospitality,... Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan Parution : 2018-05-11 Collection : Queenship and Power PDF, ePub 79,11 € PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Imperial Ladies of the Ottonian Dynasty Phyllis G. Jestice In tenth-century Europe and particularly in Germany, imperial women were able to wield power in ways that were scarcely imaginable in earlier centuries. Theophanu and Adelheid were two of the most influential figures in the Ottonian reich along with their husbands, who... Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan Parution : 2018-04-12 Collection : Queenship and Power PDF, ePub 137,14 € PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Juana I Gillian B. Fleming This book examines the deep and lengthy crisis of legitimacy triggered by the death of Prince Juan of Castile and Aragon in 1497 and the subsequent ascent of Juana I to the throne in 1504. Confined by historiography and myth to the madwoman’s attic, Juana emerges here... Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan Parution : 2018-04-03 Collection : Queenship and Power PDF, ePub 126,59 € PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Elizabeth I in Writing Donatella Montini , Iolanda Plescia This collection investigates Queen Elizabeth I as an accomplished writer in her own right as well as the subject of authors who celebrated her. With innovative essays from Brenda M. Hosington, Carole Levin, and other established and emerging experts, it reappraises... Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan Parution : 2018-03-27 Collection : Queenship and Power PDF, ePub 84,39 € PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Premodern Rulers and Postmodern Viewers Karl C. Alvestad , Janice North , Elena Woodacre Pop culture portrayals of medieval and early modern monarchs are rife with tension between authenticity and modern mores, producing anachronisms such as a feminist Queen Isabel (in RTVE’s Isabel) and a lesbian Queen Christina (in The Girl King). This book examines these... Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan Parution : 2018-02-01 Collection : Queenship and Power PDF, ePub 147,69 € PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Queens Matter in Early Modern Studies Anna Riehl Bertolet The essays in this book traverse two centuries of queens and their afterlives—historical, mythological, and literary. They speak of the significant and subtle ways that queens leave their mark on the culture they inhabit, focusing on gender, marriage, national identity,... Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan Parution : 2017-11-08 Collection : Queenship and Power PDF, ePub 94,94 € PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Unexpected Heirs in Early Modern Europe Valerie Schutte There were many surprising accessions in the early modern period, including Mary I of England, Henry III of France, Anne Stuart, and others, but this is the first book dedicated solely to evaluating their lives and the repercussions of their reigns. By comparing a... Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan Parution : 2017-10-24 Collection : Queenship and Power PDF, ePub 94,94 € PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Anna of Denmark and Henrietta Maria Susan Dunn-Hensley This book examines how early Stuart queens navigated their roles as political players and artistic patrons in a culture deeply conflicted about the legitimacy of female authority. Anna of Denmark and Henrietta Maria both employed powerful female archetypes such as... Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan Parution : 2017-10-11 Collection : Queenship and Power PDF, ePub 116,04 € PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Elizabeth of York and Her Six Daughters-in-Law Retha M. Warnicke This study of early modern queenship compares the reign of Henry VII’s queen, Elizabeth of York, and those of her daughters-in-law, the six queens of Henry VIII. It defines the traditional expectations for effective Tudor queens—particularly the queen’s critical... Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan Parution : 2017-09-05 Collection : Queenship and Power PDF, ePub 126,59 € PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Colonization, Piracy, and Trade in Early Modern Europe Claire Jowitt , Estelle Paranque , Nate Probasco This collection brings together essays examining the international influence of queens, other female rulers, and their representatives from 1450 through 1700, an era of expanding colonial activity and sea trade. As Europe rose in prominence geopolitically, a number of... Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan Parution : 2017-08-03 Collection : Queenship and Power PDF, ePub 31,64 € PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Elizabeth I's Italian Letters Carlo M. Bajetta This is the first edition ever of the Queen’s correspondence in Italian. These letters cast a new light on her talents as a linguist and provide interesting details as to her political agenda, and on the cultural milieu of her court.This book provides a fresh analysis... Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan Parution : 2017-05-04 Collection : Queenship and Power PDF 116,04 €
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Empress Adelheid and Countess Matilda Penelope Nash This book compares two successful, elite women, Empress Adelheid (931-999) and Countess Matilda (1046-1115), for their relative ability to retain their wealth and power in the midst of the profound social changes of the eleventh century. The careers of the Ottonian... Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan Parution : 2017-02-15 Collection : Queenship and Power PDF, ePub 126,59 € PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies The Diary of Queen Maria Carolina of Naples, 1781-1785 Cinzia Recca This work offers a new portrayal of Queen Maria Carolina of Naples as a woman of power with weaknesses and ambitions, and analyzes the Queen's actions, from her political choices to her alliance and betrayals. A careful examination of the period (1781-1785) covered by... Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan Parution : 2016-11-25 Collection : Queenship and Power PDF, ePub 94,94 € PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Queenship, Gender, and Reputation in the Medieval and Early Modern West, 1060-1600 Lisa Benz , Zita Eva Rohr This edited collection opens new ways to look at queenship in areas and countries not usually studied and reflects the increasingly interdisciplinary work and geographic range of the field.This book is a forerunner in queenship and re-invents the reputations of the... Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan Parution : 2016-10-08 Collection : Queenship and Power PDF, ePub 126,59 € PDF ePub
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