Daybell / Norrhem Gender and Political Culture in Early Modern Europe, 1400-1800

Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-134-88391-2
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 258 Seiten

Gender and Political Culture in Early Modern Europe investigates the gendered nature of political culture across early modern Europe by exploring the relationship between gender, power, and political authority and influence. This collection offers a rethinking of what constituted ‘politics’ and a reconsideration of how men and women operated as part of political culture. It demonstrates how underlying structures could enable or constrain political action, and how political power and influence could be exercised through social and cultural practices.

The book is divided into four parts - diplomacy, gifts and the politics of exchange; socio-economic structures; gendered politics at court; and voting and political representations – each of which looks at a series of interrelated themes exploring the ways in which political culture is inflected by questions of gender. In addition to examples drawn from across Europe, including Austria, the Dutch Republic, the Italian States and Scandinavia, the volume also takes a transnational comparative approach, crossing national borders, while the concluding chapter, by Merry Wiesner-Hanks, offers a global perspective on the field and encourages comparative analysis both chronologically and geographically.

As the first collection to draw together early modern gender and political culture, this book is the perfect starting point for students exploring this fascinating topic.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Daybell, James

Norrhem, Svante

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introductions

1. James Daybell and Svante Norrhem, ‘Introduction: Gender and Political Culture in Early Modern Europe’

2. James Daybell, ‘Gender, Politics and Archives in Early Modern England’

Diplomacy, Gifts and the Politics of Exchange

3. Susan Broomhall and Jacqueline Van Gent, ‘Material Culture as Power: Gendered Strategies of Power in an Early Modern Dynasty’

4. Svante Norrhem and Peter Lindström, ‘Diplomats and Kin Networks: Diplomatic Strategy and Gender 1648-1740’

Socio-Economic Structures, Gender and Politics

5. Randi Bjørshol Wærdahl, ‘Female Agency in Favourable Political Circumstances Lady Ingerd Ottesdotter and the Benefits of Holding Crown Fiefs in Norway in the 1520s’

6. Barbara J. Harris, ‘Female Networks and Horizontal Families’

7. Elise M. Dermineur, ‘Widows’ Political Strategies in Traditional Communities: Negotiating Marital Status and Authority in Eighteenth Century France’

Women and Gendered Politics at Court

8. Victoria Smith, ‘"For ye, young men, show a womanish soul, yon maiden a man’s": Perspectives on Female Monarchy in Elizabeth’s First Decade’

9. Sarah Bercusson, ‘Strategies for Survival: Women at the Court of the Medici (1565-1587)’

Voting and Political Representation

10. Elaine Chalus, ‘No Place for a Lady: Re-considering Women and Voting in the 18th Century’

11. Hilde Sandvik, Åsa Karlsson Sjögren & Peter Lindström, ‘Gender, Politics and Voting in Early Modern Scandinavia’

Conclusion: Global Perspectives

12. Merry Wiesner-Hanks, ‘Gender and Cultural Power in Global Perspective’

Über Autor(innen)

James Daybell is Professor of Early Modern British History at Plymouth University. His previous publications include The Material Letter in Early Modern England: Manuscript Letters and the Culture and Practices of Letter-Writing, 1512-1635 (2012) and (as editor) Women and Politics in Early Modern England, 1450-1700 (2004).

Svante Norrhem is Associate Professor of History at Lund University. His previous publications include Flattering alliances: Scandinavia, diplomacy and the Austrian–French balance of power, 1648–1740 (with Peter Lindström).