Women at the Early Modern Swedish Court : : Power, Risk, and Opportunity / / Fabian Persson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2021
• VerfasserIn: Persson, Fabian,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Gendering the Late Medieval and Early Modern World ; 14
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (340 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; List of illustrations --; Acknowledgements --; Note on names --; Dramatis personae --; Genealogical charts --; Introduction: Women living with power --; Outsiders --; 1. Rituals of royal compassion --; 2. Why be at court? The example of the Königsmarcks --; Insiders --; 3. All the Queen’s women --; 4. Noblewomen crossing borders --; 5. Servants of power --; 6. Left behind --; 7. Filth among the apples: Hierarchy and gender at court --; 8. A small circle with wide horizons --; 9. Fumbling for power: Being a royal mistress --; Royals --; 10. The performance of a lifetime: Being Queen Consort --; 11. The winding road: Royal marriage negotiations --; 12. The broken mirror: Gender differences in the system of royal apartments --; 13. Death and beyond --; 14. The court as substitute family --; 15. Epilogue --; Glossary --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9789048543533; 9783110743227; 9783110743357; 9783110754001; 9783110753776; 9783110754087; 9783110753851
• DOI: 10.1515/9789048543533?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Fabian Persson.

What was it possible for a woman to achieve at an early modern court? By analysing the experiences of a wide range of women at the court of Sweden, this book demonstrates the opportunities open to women who served at, and interacted with, the court; the complexities of women's agency in a court society; and, ultimately, the precariousness of power. In doing so, it provides an institutional context to women's lives at court, charting the full extent of the rewards that they might obtain, alongside the social and institutional constrictions that they faced. Its longue durée approach, moreover, clarifies how certain periods, such as that of the queens regnant, brought new possibilities. Based on an extensive array of Swedish and international primary sources, including correspondence, financial records and diplomatic reports, it also takes into account the materialities used to create hierarchies and ceremonies, such as physical structures and spaces within the court. Comprehensive in its scope, the book is divided into three parts, which focus respectively on outsiders at court, insiders, and members of the royal family.