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Royal Mothers and their Ruling Children

Wielding Political Authority from Antiquity to the Early Modern Era

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Editors:
  1. Elena Woodacre
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  2. Carey Fleiner
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  • Gathers case studies that focus on key themes related to elite women and motherhood from the pre-modern era

Part of the book series: Queenship and Power (QAP)

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About this book

Royal Mothers and their Ruling Children: Wielding Political Authority from Antiquity to the Early Modern Era brings together a range of case studies from the Pre-Modern era to illustrate key themes with regard to motherhood, ambition and authority, with a focus on queens and elite women who are at the political heart of their respective realms.

Keywords

  • antiquity
  • Case Studies
  • children
  • China
  • historiography
  • Luis de Molina
  • Medieval Literature
  • Middle Ages
  • Modern Era
  • politics
  • women

Reviews

“Royal mothers and their Ruling Children is an important starting point for addressing this gap, focusing on an aspect that has surprisingly been neglected in most studies on motherhood and mothering … . opens up a new field of research with rich potential for queenship specialists, since motherhood can be identified as a major power resource for royal women in premodern times.” (Julia Heinemann, Royal Studies Journal, Vol. 3 (2), 2016)

“Elena Woodacre and Carey Fleiner have, with this collection, selected chapters that not only make significant individual contributions, but also fit well together. Separately and collectively, the chapters provide a clear sense of the similarities and differences that existed in the ways that royal women exercised power and authority across different monarchies throughout history.” (Aidan Norrie, Parergon, Vol. 33 (2), 2016)


About the authors

Diana Pelaz Flores Germán Gamero Igea Sarah Betts Jitske Japerse Hang Lin Penelope Nash Carey Fleiner Kathleen Wellman Janice North Estelle Paranque

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Royal Mothers and their Ruling Children

  • Book Subtitle: Wielding Political Authority from Antiquity to the Early Modern Era

  • Editors: Elena Woodacre, Carey Fleiner

  • Series Title: Queenship and Power

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York

  • eBook Packages: History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Elena Woodacre and Carey Fleiner 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-51310-6Published: 12 October 2015

  • Series ISSN: 2730-938X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2730-9398

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 253

  • Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations

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