| Series |
Rulers & elites : comparative studies in governance, 2211-4610 ; volume 4
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| Contents |
Tudor England. -- Petticoats and politics: Elisabeth Parr and female agency at the early Elizabethan court / Helen Graham-Matheson -- Jane Dormer's recipe for politics: a refuge household in Spain for Mary Tudor's ladies-in-waiting / Hannah Leah Crumme -- Habsburgs. -- The imperial court in Vienna. -- Ladies-in-waiting at the imperial court of Vienna from 1550 to 1700: structures, responsibilities and career patterns / Katrin Keller -- "In service to my lady, the empress, as I have done every other day of my life": Margarita of Cardona, Baroness of Dietrichstein and lady-in-waiting of Maria of Austria / Vanessa de Cruz Medina -- The court in the Spanish Netherlands. -- Women and the politics of access at the court of Brussels: The infanta Isabella's camareras mayores (1598-1633) / Birgit Houben and Dries Raeymaekers -- Dwarfs-and a loca-as ladies' maids at the Spanish Habsburg courts / Janet Ravenscroft -- France. -- 'A stable of whores'? the 'flying squadron' of Catherine de Medici / Una McIlvenna -- In search of the ladies-in-waiting and maids of honour of Mary, Queen of Scots: a prosoprographical analysis of the female household / Rosalind K. Marshall -- Clients and friends: the ladies-in-waiting at the court of Anne of Austria (1615-66) / Oliver Mallick -- The Stuart courts. -- Perceptions of influence: the Catholic diplomacy of Queen Anna and her ladies, 1601-1604 / Cynthia Fry -- The goddess of the household: the masquing politics of Lucy Harington-Russell, Countess of Bedford / Nadine Akkerman -- The female bedchamber of Queen Henrietta Maria: politics familial networks and policy, 1626-40 / Sara J. Wolfson -- The Swedish court. -- Living in the house of power: women at the early modern Swedish court / Fabian Persson -- Epilogue the politics of female households: afterthoughts / Jeroen Duindam. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-397) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2013032775 |
| ISBN | 9789004236066 (hardback : acid-free paper) |
