| Description |
xiv, 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| ISBN |
9781138667426 paperback |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
[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. |
| Link |
electronic version: Gender and political culture in early modern Europe, 1400-1800 9781134883981 |
| Library Class |
Sociology G1250.E8
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| Subject |
Sex role -- Political aspects -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
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Sex role -- Political aspects -- Europe -- History -- 16th century.
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Sex role -- Political aspects -- Europe -- History -- 17th century.
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Political culture -- Europe -- History.
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Power (Social sciences) -- Europe -- History.
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Authority -- Social aspects -- Europe -- History.
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Men -- Political activity -- Europe -- History.
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Women -- Political activity -- Europe -- History.
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Europe -- Politics and government.
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Europe -- Social conditions.
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| Other Author |
Daybell, James, 1972- editor.
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Norrhem, Svante, 1962- editor.
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