The rule of women in early modern Europe / edited by Anne J. Cruz and Mihoko Suzuki.

Contributor Cruz, Anne J 1941-

Imprint:Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2009.

Description224 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Note:Papers from 2005 Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque conference held at University of Miami.

Note:Notions of late medieval queenship : Christine de Pizan's Isabeau of Bavaria / Tracy Adams -- "Satisfaite de soy en soy mesme" : the politics of self-representation in Jeanne d'Albret's Ample déclaration / Mary C. Ekman -- Tanto monta : the Catholic monarchs' nuptial fiction and the power of Isabel I of Castile / Barbara F. Weissberger -- Sword and wimple : Isabel Clara Eugenia and power / Magdalena S. Sánchez -- "Princeps non principissa" : Catherine of Brandenburg, elected prince of Transylvania (1629-30) / Éva Deák -- Juana of Austria : patron of the arts and regent of Spain, 1554-59 / Anne J. Cruz -- Elizabeth I as sister and "loving kinswoman" / Carole Levin -- Fashioning monarchy : women, dress, and power at the court of Elizabeth I, 1558-1603 / Catherine L. Howey -- Thrice royal queen : Katherine de Valois and the Tudor monarchy in Henry V and Englands heroicall epistles / Sandra Logan -- Warning Elizabeth with Catherine de' Medici's example : Anne Dowriche's French historie and the politics of counsel / Mihoko Suzuki -- History, power, and the representation of Elizabeth I in La princesse de Clèves / Elizabeth Ketner.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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