Gender and political culture in early modern Europe, 1400-1800 /

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"Gender and Political Culture in Early Modern Europe investigates the gendered nature of political culture across early modern Europe by exploring the relationship between gender, power, and political authority and influence. This collection offers a rethinking of what constituted 'politic...

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Other Authors: Daybell, James, 1972- (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Norrhem, Svante, 1962- (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge , 2017
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2017
London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2017
London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017
Subjects:
16th century
17th century
To 1500
To 1699
Authority > Social aspects > Europe > History
Men > Political activity > Europe > History
Political culture > Europe > History
Power (Social sciences) > Europe > History
Sex role > Political aspects > Europe > History > 16th century
Sex role > Political aspects > Europe > History > 17th century
Sex role > Political aspects > Europe > History > To 1500
Women > Political activity > Europe > History
Authority
Authority > Social aspects
History
Men
Men > Political activity
Political culture
Politics and government
Power (Social sciences)
Sex role > Political aspects
Social conditions
Women > Political activity
Europe > Politics and government
Europe > Social conditions
Europe
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : rethinking gender and political culture in early modern Europe / James Daybell and Svante Norrhem
  • Gender, politics and archives in early modern England / James Daybell
  • The gendered power of porcelain among early modern European dynasty / Susan Broomhall and Jacqueline Van Gent
  • Diplomats and kin networks : diplomatic strategy and gender in Sweden, 1648-1740 / Peter Lindström and Svante Norrhem
  • The opportunity to profit from favourable circumstances : a widow's benefits of holding Crown fiefs in Norway in the 1520s / Randi Bjørshol Waerdahl
  • Regional and family networks : the hidden role of sisters and sisters-in-law / Barbara Harris
  • Widows' political strategies in traditional communities : negotiating marital status and authority in eighteenth-century France / Elise Dermineur
  • 'For ye, young men, show a womanish soul, yon maiden a man's' : perspectives on female monarchy in Elizabeth's first decade / Victoria Smith
  • Strategies for survival : women at the Court of the Medici (1565-1578) / Sarah Bercusson
  • Gender, place and power : controverted elections in late Georgian England / Elaine Chalus
  • Gender, politics and voting in early modern Scandinavia / Peter Lindström, Hilde Sandvik, and Åsa Karlsson Sjögren
  • Gender and cultural power in global perspective / Merry Wiesner-Hanks
  • Introduction : rethinking gender and political culture in early modern Europe / James Daybell and Svante Norrhem
  • Gender, politics and archives in early modern England / James Daybell
  • The gendered power of porcelain among early modern European dynasty / Susan Broomhall and Jacqueline Van Gent
  • Diplomats and kin networks : diplomatic strategy and gender in Sweden, 1648-1740 / Peter Lindström and Svante Norrhem
  • The opportunity to profit from favourable circumstances : a widow's benefits of holding Crown fiefs in Norway in the 1520s / Randi Bjørshol Waerdahl
  • Regional and family networks : the hidden role of sisters and sisters-in-law / Barbara Harris
  • Widows' political strategies in traditional communities : negotiating marital status and authority in eighteenth-century France / Elise Dermineur
  • 'For ye, young men, show a womanish soul, yon maiden a man's' : perspectives on female monarchy in Elizabeth's first decade / Victoria Smith
  • Strategies for survival : women at the Court of the Medici (1565-1578) / Sarah Bercusson
  • Gender, place and power : controverted elections in late Georgian England / Elaine Chalus
  • Gender, politics and voting in early modern Scandinavia / Peter Lindström, Hilde Sandvik, and Åsa Karlsson Sjögren
  • Gender and cultural power in global perspective / Merry Wiesner-Hanks
  • [1] Introductions
  • Gender and political culture in early modern Europe / James Daybell and Svante Norrhem
  • Gender, politics and archives in early modern England / James Daybell
  • [2] Diplomacy, gifts, and the politics of exchange
  • Material culture as power : gendered strategies of power in an early modern dynasty / Susan Broomhall and Jacqueline Van Gent
  • Diplomats and kin networks : diplomatic strategy and gender, 1648-1740 / Svante Norrhem and Peter Lindström
  • [3] Socio-economic structures, gender and politics
  • Female agency in favourable political circumstances : Lady Ingerd Ottesdotter and the benefits of holding Crown fiefs in Norway in the 1520s / Randi Bjørshol Waerdahl
  • Female networks and horizontal families / Barbara J. Harris
  • Widows' political strategies in traditional communities : negotiating marital status and authority in eighteenth Century France / Elise M. Dermineur
  • [4] Women and gendered politics at court
  • "For ye, young men, show a womanish soul, yon maiden a man's" : perspectives on female monarchy in Elizabeth's first decade / Victoria Smith
  • Strategies for survival : women at the Court of the Medici (1565-1587) / Sarah Bercusson
  • [5] Voting and political representation
  • No place for a lady : re-considering women and voting in the 18th century / Elaine Chalus
  • Gender, politics and voting in early modern Scandinavia / Hilde Sandvik, Åsa Karlsson Sjögren & Peter Lindström
  • [6] Conclusion: Global perspectives
  • Gender and cultural power in global perspective / Merry Wiesner-Hanks
  • [1] Introductions
  • Gender and political culture in early modern Europe / James Daybell and Svante Norrhem
  • Gender, politics and archives in early modern England / James Daybell
  • [2] Diplomacy, gifts, and the politics of exchange
  • Material culture as power : gendered strategies of power in an early modern dynasty / Susan Broomhall and Jacqueline Van Gent
  • Diplomats and kin networks : diplomatic strategy and gender, 1648-1740 / Svante Norrhem and Peter Lindström
  • [3] Socio-economic structures, gender and politics
  • Female agency in favourable political circumstances : Lady Ingerd Ottesdotter and the benefits of holding Crown fiefs in Norway in the 1520s / Randi Bjørshol Waerdahl
  • Female networks and horizontal families / Barbara J. Harris
  • Widows' political strategies in traditional communities : negotiating marital status and authority in eighteenth Century France / Elise M. Dermineur
  • [4] Women and gendered politics at court
  • "For ye, young men, show a womanish soul, yon maiden a man's" : perspectives on female monarchy in Elizabeth's first decade / Victoria Smith
  • Strategies for survival : women at the Court of the Medici (1565-1587) / Sarah Bercusson
  • [5] Voting and political representation
  • No place for a lady : re-considering women and voting in the 18th century / Elaine Chalus
  • Gender, politics and voting in early modern Scandinavia / Hilde Sandvik, Åsa Karlsson Sjögren & Peter Lindström
  • [6] Conclusion: Global perspectives
  • Gender and cultural power in global perspective / Merry Wiesner-Hanks

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