The rule of women in early modern Europe

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The rule of women in early modern Europe

edited by Anne J. Cruz and Mihoko Suzuki

University of Illinois Press, c2009

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Selected bibliography: p. [205]-215

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内容説明

This collection brings a transcultural and transnational perspective to the study of early modern women rulers and female sovereignty, a topic that has until now been examined through the lens of a single nation. Contributors to the volume juxtapose rulers from different countries, including well-known sovereigns such as Isabel of Castile and Elizabeth Tudor, as well as other less widely studied figures Isabeau of Bavaria, Jeanne d'Albret, Isabel Clara Eugenia, Juana of Austria, and Catherine of Brandenburg. Several essays also focus on the representations of foreign rulers such as Catherine de' Medici in England and Elizabeth I in France. Drawing on early modern literature and historical documents, this study investigates the various political, discursive, and symbolic measures employed to negotiate and support female sovereignty by both early modern writers and the rulers themselves. The detailed analysis of the women's responses--or inability to respond--to these strictures underscores the relationship between early modern authors and sovereigns and the complex and vexed situation of European women rulers. Contributors are Tracy Adams, Anne J. Cruz, Eva Deak, Mary C. Ekman, Catherine L. Howey, Elizabeth Ketner, Carole Levin, Sandra Logan, Magdalena S. Sanchez, Mihoko Suzuki, and Barbara F. Weissberger.

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Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1 Anne J. Cruz and Mihoko SuzukiPART 1: THE RULE OF WOMEN: THEORIES AND CONSTRUCTION 1. Notions of Late Medieval Queenship: Christine de Pizan's Isabeau of Bavaria 13 Tracy Adams 2. "Satisfaite de soy en soy mesme": The Politics of Self-Representation in Jeanne d'Albret's Ample declaration 30 Mary C. Ekman 3. Tanto monta: The Catholic Monarchs' Nuptial Fiction and the Power of Isabel 1 of Castile 43 Barbara F. Weissberger 4. Sword and Wimple: Isabel Clara Eugenia and Power 64 Magdalena S. Sanchez 5. "Princeps non Principissa": Catherine of Brandenburg, Elected Prince of Transylvania (1629-30) 80 Eva Deak PART II: SOVEREIGNTY AND REPRESENTATION 6. Juana of Austria: Patron of the Arts and Regent of Spain, 1554-59 103 Anne J. Cruz 7. Elizabeth I as Sister and "Loving Kinswoman" 123 Carole Levin 8. Fashioning Monarchy: Women, Dress, and Power at the Court of Elizabeth I, 1558-1603 142 Catherine L. Howey 9. Thrice Royal Queen: Katherine de Valois and the Tudor Monarchy in Henry V and Englands Heroicall Epistles 157 Sandra Logan 10. Warning Elizabeth with Catherine de' Medici's Example: Anne Dowriche's French Historie and the Politics of Counsel 174 Mihoko Suzuki 11. History, Power, and the Representation of Elizabeth I in La Princesse de Cleves 194 Elizabeth Ketner Selected Bibliography 205 Index 217

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