Women and power at the French court, 1483-1563 / edited by Susan Broomhall.

Other author Broomhall, Susan editor.
Format Book
PublicationAmsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2018]
Copyright Date©2018
Description384 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Subjects
Women--France. --Social conditions. --15th century.
Women--France. --Social conditions. --16th century.
France--Court and courtiers. --History. --15th century.
France--Court and courtiers. --History. --16th century.

SeriesGendering the late medieval and early modern world ; 4
Gendering the late medieval and early modern world ; 4. ^A1365603
Summary Women and Power at the French Court, 1483-1563 explores the ways in which a range of women - as consorts, regents, mistresses, factional power players, attendants at court, or as objects of courtly patronage - wielded power in order to advance individual, familial, and factional agendas at the early sixteenth-century French court. Spring-boarding from the burgeoning scholarship of gender, the political, and power in early modern Europe, the collection provides a perspective from the French court, from the reigns of Charles VIII to Henri II, a time when the French court was a renowned center of culture and at which women played important roles. Crossdisciplinary in its perspectives, these essays by historians, art and literary scholars investigate the dynamic operations of gendered power in political acts, recognized status as queens and regents, ritualized behaviors such as gift-giving, educational coteries, and through social networking, literary and artistic patronage, female authorship, and epistolary strategies.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN9462983429
ISBN9789462983427

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Joyner General Stacks DC107 .W66 2018 ✔ Available Place Hold