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Sketches Europe's increasing acceptance of autonomous female rulers between the late Middle Ages and the French Revolution. This title surveys the governmental records of Europe's thirty women monarchs - as well as the obscure - describing how each of them achieved sovereign authority, wielded it, and (more often than men) abandoned it.

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“More women exercised sovereign authority in Europe from the late Middle Ages to the end of the eighteenth century than at any other point in history. With assured touch and convincingly broad comparisons, William Monter examines how, when and why those women did so, enabling us to understand more clearly than ever before what made for successful female rule in early modern Europe, as well as the dangers it posed.”—Mark Greengrass, Albert-Ludwigs Universität Freiburg

-- Mark Greengrass

The Rise of Female Kings in Europe 13001800

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      Publisher: Yale University Press
      Publication Date: 1/24/2012 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780300173277, 978-0300173277
      ISBN10: 030017327X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Sketches Europe's increasing acceptance of autonomous female rulers between the late Middle Ages and the French Revolution. This title surveys the governmental records of Europe's thirty women monarchs - as well as the obscure - describing how each of them achieved sovereign authority, wielded it, and (more often than men) abandoned it.

      Trade Review

      “More women exercised sovereign authority in Europe from the late Middle Ages to the end of the eighteenth century than at any other point in history. With assured touch and convincingly broad comparisons, William Monter examines how, when and why those women did so, enabling us to understand more clearly than ever before what made for successful female rule in early modern Europe, as well as the dangers it posed.”—Mark Greengrass, Albert-Ludwigs Universität Freiburg

      -- Mark Greengrass

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