{"product_id":"the-rule-of-women-in-early-modern-europe-9780252034169","title":"The Rule of Women in Early Modern Europe","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA transnational comparison of women rulers and women's sovereignty throughout Europe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A rich and rewarding collection of essays.\"--\u003ci\u003eRenaissance Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Complex and intriguing portraits of female sovereigns. . . . a de-idealized, yet non-misogynistic picture of female sovereignty in the early modern era.\"--\u003ci\u003eFeminist Formations\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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 \u003ci\u003eQueenship and Political Power in Medieval and Early Modern Spain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments   vii\u003cbr\u003e Introduction   1 \u003ci\u003eAnne J. Cruz and Mihoko Suzuki\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART 1: THE RULE OF WOMEN: THEORIES AND CONSTRUCTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. Notions of Late Medieval Queenship: Christine de Pizan's Isabeau of Bavaria   13 \u003ci\u003eTracy Adams\u003c\/i\u003e 2. \"Satisfaite de soy en soy mesme\": The Politics of Self-Representation in Jeanne d'Albret's \u003ci\u003eAmple d\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eé\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eclaration   \u003c\/i\u003e30 \u003ci\u003eMary C. Ekman\u003c\/i\u003e 3. \u003ci\u003eTanto monta: \u003c\/i\u003eThe Catholic Monarchs' Nuptial Fiction and the Power of Isabel 1 of Castile\u003ci\u003e   \u003c\/i\u003e43 \u003ci\u003eBarbara F. Weissberger\u003c\/i\u003e 4. Sword and Wimple: Isabel Clara Eugenia and Power\u003ci\u003e   \u003c\/i\u003e64 \u003ci\u003eMagdalena S. S\u003c\/i\u003eá\u003ci\u003enchez\u003c\/i\u003e 5. \"Princeps non Principissa\": Catherine of Brandenburg, Elected Prince of Transylvania (1629-30)   80 \u003ci\u003eÉva De\u003c\/i\u003eá\u003ci\u003ek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cb\u003ePART II: SOVEREIGNTY AND REPRESENTATION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 6. Juana of Austria: Patron of the Arts and Regent of Spain, 1554-59   103 \u003ci\u003eAnne J. Cruz\u003c\/i\u003e 7. Elizabeth I as Sister and \"Loving Kinswoman\"   123 \u003ci\u003eCarole Levin\u003c\/i\u003e 8. Fashioning Monarchy: Women, Dress, and Power at the Court of Elizabeth I, 1558-1603   142 \u003ci\u003eCatherine L. Howey\u003c\/i\u003e 9. Thrice Royal Queen: Katherine de Valois and the Tudor Monarchy in \u003ci\u003eHenry V\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEnglands Heroicall Epistles\u003c\/i\u003e   157 \u003ci\u003eSandra Logan\u003c\/i\u003e 10. Warning Elizabeth with Catherine de' Medici's Example: Anne Dowriche's \u003ci\u003eFrench Historie\u003c\/i\u003e and the Politics of Counsel   174 \u003ci\u003eMihoko Suzuki\u003c\/i\u003e 11. History, Power, and the Representation of Elizabeth I in \u003ci\u003eLa Princesse de Cl\u003c\/i\u003eè\u003ci\u003eves\u003c\/i\u003e   194 \u003ci\u003eElizabeth Ketner\u003c\/i\u003e Selected Bibliography   205\u003cbr\u003e Index   217","brand":"MO - University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51036814737751,"sku":"9780252034169","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252034169.jpg?v=1750932642","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-rule-of-women-in-early-modern-europe-9780252034169","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}