The Institutional Power of Choson Korea's Queen Dowagers

Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-1-80270-036-7
Verlag: Amsterdam University Press

Buch, Englisch, 160 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: Gender and Power in the Premodern World

Power in the Choson dynasty of Korea (1392–1910) was shared amongst various political actors, often including female heads of royal households, namely queen dowagers. Following a diachronic approach, several case studies are examined to illustrate the extent and limits of the queen dowagers’ authority. Evidence shows that queen dowagers grew more confident and more influential over the course of the dynasty, especially as more precedents concerning their exercise of power were added to the dynasty’s Veritable Records. While queen dowagers usually refrained from getting involved in day-to-day politics, some had the power to order the dethronement of not one, but two Korean kings and, by the nineteenth century, often ruled themselves during extensive periods of regency.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schmid, Alban

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Stylistic Conventions

Chapter 1. Introduction: The Dowager’s Mandate

Chapter 2. Approaching Kingship (1590–1608)

Chapter 3. The Royal Family, the King, and the Bureaucracy: Separated Powers? (1608–1618)

Chapter 4. The King, the Emperor, and the War in Manchuria

Chapter 5. Queen Dowager Inmok’s Restoration

Chapter 6. The Grace of Receiving the Country

Chapter 7. Epilogue: Notes on Choson’s Constitutional Framework

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Schmid, Alban
Dr. Alban Schmid studied politics and international relations in France and China before discovering the fascinating world of East Asia's political history during his postgraduate studies at the University of Oxford. He has taught a range of subjects relating to the politics, history, and culture of East Asia.