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

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2021
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Place / Publishing House:Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Gendering the Late Medieval and Early Modern World ; 14
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Physical Description:1 online resource (340 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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