Gender and Power in the Premodern World – serie
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Medieval Women, Material Culture, and Power
Matilda Plantagenet and her Sisters
Inbunden, 2020
1758 kr
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This book argues that the impressive range of belongings that can be connected to Duchess Matilda Plantagenet—textiles, illuminated manuscripts, coins, chronicles, charters, and literary texts—allows us to perceive elite women’s performance of power, even when they are largely absent from the …
Elite Women as Diplomatic Agents in Italy and Hungary, 1470–1510
Kinship and the Aragonese Dynastic Network
Inbunden, 2022
1581 kr
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This book explores the diplomatic role of women in early modern European dynastic networks through the study of Aragonese marriage alliances in late fifteenth-century Italy and Hungary. It challenges the frequent erasure of dynastic wives from diplomatic and political narratives to show how elite …
Women and Economic Power in Premodern Royal Courts
Inbunden, 2020
1581 kr
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Premodern kings and queens had splendid courts to show their God-given power. But where did the money for these come from? Following the money trail back often leads to unexpectedly savvy women who knew how to deal with money, and how to manage huge estates, treasuries, or accounts. This volume …
Christine de Pizan, Empowering Women in Text and Image
Inbunden, 2023
2180 kr
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It is well known that in several of her works, Christine de Pizan actively sought to valorize and empower women; she notably made the case for women’s education, argued for the protection of widows, and famously attacked the misogyny of the all-pervasive Roman de la Rose. Whilst numerous …
Agnès Sorel and the French Monarchy
History, Gallantry, and National Identity
Av Tracy Adams
Inbunden, 2022
1952 kr
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Agnès Sorel (1428–1450), beautiful favourite of Charles VII of France and first in the long genealogy of French royal mistresses, was mysteriously poisoned in the prime of life. Agnès, part of a network of royal “favourites,” is equally interesting for her political activity. And yet, no scholarly …
Princesses Mary and Elizabeth Tudor and the Gift Book Exchange
Inbunden, 2021
1765 kr
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This is the first book to offer a comparison of these two famous Tudor queens as princesses, suggesting that their early lives need to be more closely examined together. It offers a detailed case study of the four extant dedications that Elizabeth Tudor wrote to accompany manuscript translations …
Evangelizing Korean Women and Gender in the Early Modern World
The Power of Body and Text
Inbunden, 2023
1707 kr
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This monograph examines how Korean women and men came to engage with Catholic missions during Europe’s late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, a profoundly volatile period in East Asian history during which political, cultural, and social disruption created opportunities for new interactions in …
Elizabeth I and the Old Testament
Biblical Analogies and Providential Rule
Av Aidan Norrie
Inbunden, 2023
2033 kr
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Throughout her reign, Elizabeth I and her supporters used biblical analogies to perpetuate the Queen’s claim to be England’s providential Protestant monarch. While Elizabeth’s parallels with various biblical figures—including Deborah, Esther, Judith, David, Solomon, and Daniel—have all received …
Gendered Reputations and Aristocratic Partnership
Re-Presenting the Breton Civil War from the Fourteenth to Sixteenth Centuries
Inbunden, 2025
1758 kr
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Medieval rulership is increasingly understood as the exercise of shared power, and nowhere was this partnership more evident than between married couples. The study of reputation provides a new way of assessing how the expectations of martial lordship adapted to this joint authority. This book …
Medieval Women, Material Culture, and Power
Matilda Plantagenet and her Sisters
Häftad, 2020
548 kr
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This book argues that the impressive range of belongings that can be connected to Duchess Matilda Plantagenet—textiles, illuminated manuscripts, coins, chronicles, charters, and literary texts—allows us to perceive elite women’s performance of power, even when they are largely absent from the …
Lordship and Governance by the Inheriting Countesses of Boulogne, 1160–1260
Inbunden, 2023
1952 kr
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Traditional scholarship argues that the changes fostered by the growth of royal power and feudalism in Western Europe directly impacted women’s public power and authority in the later twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Focusing on the inheriting countesses of Boulogne (1160–1260) and their …
Institutional Power of Chosŏn Korea's Queen Dowagers
Av Alban Schmid
Inbunden, 2024
1952 kr
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Power in the Chosŏn 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’ …
Representations of Rape and Consent in Medieval English Laws and Literature
Inbunden, 2024
2338 kr
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How did legal, literary, and scientific discourses intersect to define sexual non-consent in the Middle Ages? How did popular cultural assumptions about sexuality and gender influence actual medieval criminal proceedings? And how far have we really come today?This book explores medieval English …
Gendered Punishments in Medieval Nordic Law, ca. 1100–1300
Av Helle Vogt, Mia Korpiola m. fl.
Inbunden, 2025
1758 kr
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This book examines gendered punishments in medieval Nordic laws, ca. 1100–1300. By exploring legislation on violence, sorcery, sexual morality, and theft, it considers whether women were seen as independent legal subjects or as extensions of their families. It identifies various gendered …
Representations of Rape and Consent in Medieval English Laws and Literature
Häftad, 2025
612 kr
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How did legal, literary, and scientific discourses intersect to define sexual non-consent in the Middle Ages? How did popular cultural assumptions about sexuality and gender influence actual medieval criminal proceedings? And how far have we really come today?This book explores medieval English …
Religion, Gender, and Politics in Medieval Sri Lanka
The Reconstruction of Buddhist Kingship, ca. 1070–1215
Inbunden, 2026
2377 kr
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The early second millennium was a pivotal moment in the history of Theravāda Buddhism. Religious reforms carried out at Poḷonnaruva, then-capital of Sri Lanka, shaped the latter course of Buddhism across South and Southeast Asia. However, our understanding of these reforms has been over-determined …
Gendered Reputations and Aristocratic Partnership
Re-Presenting the Breton Civil War from the Fourteenth to Sixteenth Centuries
Häftad, 2026
471 kr
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Medieval rulership is increasingly understood as the exercise of shared power, and nowhere was this partnership more evident than between married couples. The study of reputation provides a new way of assessing how the expectations of martial lordship adapted to this joint authority. This book …
Religion, Gender, and Politics in Medieval Sri Lanka
The Reconstruction of Buddhist Kingship, ca. 1070–1215
Häftad, 2027
548 kr
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The early second millennium was a pivotal moment in the history of Theravāda Buddhism. Religious reforms carried out at Poḷonnaruva, then-capital of Sri Lanka, shaped the latter course of Buddhism across South and Southeast Asia. However, our understanding of these reforms has been over-determined …
