Schutte Unexpected Heirs in Early Modern Europe

Potential Kings and Queens
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-319-55294-1
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 280 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Progress in Mathematics

There were many surprising accessions in the early modern period, including Mary I of England, Henry III of France, Anne Stuart, and others, but this is the first book dedicated solely to evaluating their lives and the repercussions of their reigns. By comparing a variety of such unexpected heirs, this engaging history offers a richer portrait of early modern monarchy. It shows that the need for heirs and the acquisition and preparation of heirs had a critical impact on sixteenth- and seventeenth-century culture and politics, from the appropriation of culture to the influence of language, to trade and political alliances. It also shows that securing a dynasty relied on more than just political agreements and giving birth to legitimate sons, examining how relationships between women could and did forge alliances and dynastic continuities.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schutte, Valerie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- I. Securing a Dynasty.- 2. A Bastard and a Changeling?: England's Edward of Westminster and Delayed Childbirth.- 3. Margaret Tudor, Countess of Richmond and Elizabeth York: Dynastic Competitors or Allies?.- 4. Perceptions of Princesses: Pre-accession Book Dedications to Mary and Elizabeth Tudor.- 5. Fit for a King?: The Gendered Emotional Performances of Catherine de Medici as
Dauphine
of France, 1536-1547.- 6. Never the Queen: Anne Stuart's Formative Years.- II. Second Sons.- 7. Another Spare to the French Crown: Henry III of France's Self-Representation, Reputation and Royal Authority.- 8. Losing an Unexpected Throne: Deposing Second Sons of the Stuart Dynasty.- 9. Expected, then Passed Over: Second Sons in the French Monarchy of the Seventeenth Century.- III. Unexpected Survival.- 10. A Queen in Constant Motion: Queen Christina of Sweden and the Unexpected Mobility of Sovereignty.- 11. The Unexpected Virgin: The Perpetual Succession Crisis of Elizabeth I.

Über Autor(innen)

Valerie Schutte earned her PhD in History from the University of Akron. She is author of
Mary I and the Art of Book Dedications: Royal Women, Power, and Persuasion
(2015) and co-editor of
The Birth of a Queen: Essays on the Quincentenary of Mary I
(2016). She has published several articles on the Tudors and book dedications.