Rule of Women in Early Modern Europe

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

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This collection brings a transcultural and transnational perspective to the study of early modern women rulers and female sovereignty, a topic that has until now been examined through the lens of a single nation. Contributors to the volume juxtapose rulers from different countries, including well-known sovereigns such as Isabel of Castile and Elizabeth Tudor, as well as other less widely studied figures Isabeau of Bavaria, Jeanne d'Albret, Isabel Clara Eugenia, Juana of Austria, and Catherine of Brandenburg. Several essays also focus on the representations of foreign rulers such as Catherine de' Medici in England and Elizabeth I in France. Drawing on early modern literature and historical documents, this study investigates the various political, discursive, and symbolic measures employed to negotiate and support female sovereignty by both early modern writers and the rulers themselves. The detailed analysis of the women's responses--or inability to respond--to these strictures underscores the relationship between early modern authors and sovereigns and the complex and vexed situation of European women rulers. Contributors are Tracy Adams, Anne J. Cruz, Éva DeÁk & , Mary C. Ekman, Catherine L. Howey, Elizabeth Ketner, Carole Levin, Sandra Logan, Magdalena S. SÁnchez, Mihoko Suzuki, and Barbara F. Weissberger.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2009-06-22
Mått152 x 229 x 20 mm
Vikt367 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor240
FörlagUniversity of Illinois Press
ISBN9780252076169

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Europas historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik

Acknowledgments viiIntroduction 1 Anne J. Cruz and Mihoko SuzukiPART 1: THE RULE OF WOMEN: THEORIES AND CONSTRUCTION1. Notions of Late Medieval Queenship: Christine de Pizan's Isabeau of Bavaria 13 Tracy Adams 2. "Satisfaite de soy en soy mesme": The Politics of Self-Representation in Jeanne d'Albret's Ample dÉclaration 30 Mary C. Ekman 3. Tanto monta: The Catholic Monarchs' Nuptial Fiction and the Power of Isabel 1 of Castile 43 Barbara F. Weissberger 4. Sword and Wimple: Isabel Clara Eugenia and Power 64 Magdalena S. SÁnchez 5. "Princeps non Principissa": Catherine of Brandenburg, Elected Prince of Transylvania (1629-30) 80 Éva DeÁkPART II: SOVEREIGNTY AND REPRESENTATION6. Juana of Austria: Patron of the Arts and Regent of Spain, 1554-59 103 Anne J. Cruz 7. Elizabeth I as Sister and "Loving Kinswoman" 123 Carole Levin 8. Fashioning Monarchy: Women, Dress, and Power at the Court of Elizabeth I, 1558-1603 142 Catherine L. Howey 9. Thrice Royal Queen: Katherine de Valois and the Tudor Monarchy in Henry V and Englands Heroicall Epistles 157 Sandra Logan 10. Warning Elizabeth with Catherine de' Medici's Example: Anne Dowriche's French Historie and the Politics of Counsel 174 Mihoko Suzuki 11. History, Power, and the Representation of Elizabeth I in La Princesse de ClÈves 194 Elizabeth Ketner Selected Bibliography 205Index 217

"A rich and rewarding collection of essays." - Renaissance Quarterly"Complex and intriguing portraits of female sovereigns. . . . a de-idealized, yet non-misogynistic picture of female sovereignty in the early modern era." - Feminist Formations "This valuable collection of theoretically engaged and empirically grounded essays greatly broadens scholarly understanding of late medieval and early modern women and rulership in Europe, shifting the focus from the masculinist political-religious discussion to a feminine perspective." -Theresa Earenfight, editor of Queenship and Political Power in Medieval and Early Modern Spain