The rise of female kings in Europe, 1300-1800 /
In this lively and pathbreaking book, William Monter sketches Europe's increasing acceptance of autonomous female rulers between the late Middle Ages and the French Revolution. Monter surveys the governmental records of Europe's thirty women monarchs-the famous (Mary Stuart, Elizabeth I, C...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
©2012.
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| Online Access: | Available via EBSCO eBook Collection |
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| Summary: | In this lively and pathbreaking book, William Monter sketches Europe's increasing acceptance of autonomous female rulers between the late Middle Ages and the French Revolution. Monter surveys the governmental records of Europe's thirty women monarchs-the famous (Mary Stuart, Elizabeth I, Catherine the Great) as well as the obscure (Charlotte of Cyprus, Isabel Clara Eugenia of the Netherlands)-describing how each of them achieved sovereign authority, wielded it, and (more often than men) abandoned it. Monter argues that Europe's female kings, who ruled by divine right, experienced no significant political opposition despite their gender. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 271 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780300178074 0300178077 9786613426017 6613426016 9780300173277 030017327X |