Women at the early modern Swedish court : power, risk, and opportunity / Fabian Persson.
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Persson, Fabian, 1969- (författare)
- ISBN 9789463725200
- Publicerad: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2021]
- Copyright: ©2021
- Engelska 340 pages
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Serie: Gendering the late medieval and early modern world
Innehållsförteckning
Ämnesord
Stäng
- Introduktion: WOMEN LIVING WITH POWER -- 0pportunities -- Growing interest -- Sources and the challenge of invisibility -- OUTSIDERS -- 1. Rituals of royal compassion -- Who and when --Institutionalisation -- The quality of compassion -- 2. Why be at court? -- The example of the Koenigsmarcks --- INSIDERS -- 3. All the queen's women --- The creation of the Swedish court in the sixteenth century -- The women in service -- The recruitment process -- Pay and perquisites -- Marriage - -The appeal of the court -- 4. Noblewomen crossing borders -- Change over time -- Princely women visiting and residing in Sweden --Swedish noblewomen in service abroad -- Clean break or gradual erosion? -- From melting pot to enclave -- 5. Servants of power -- Everyday power-and more -- Maids of honour as power brokers -- Everyday power-and high politics -- Power struggles on several levels -- Emerentia Duben -- Juliana Schierberg -- Anna Catharina Barfelt -- Measures of success -- 6. Left behind -- Reputational damage -- Beata Sophia Horn, trapped at court -- Ageing and unmarried -- 7. Dirt among the apples: Hierarchy and gender at court -- A Swedish Table of Ranks -- Formal hierarchies -- Royal decisiveness -- Increasing formality -- Marks of status -- Negotiating the hierarchy -- 8. A small circle with wide horizons -- Living under surveillance -- Socialised into a group -- Widening interests and attitudes -- Changes in appearance -- The best school in the world -- 9. Fumbling for power: Being a royal mistress -- A golden age of adultery -- A passing fancy -- An emotional anchor -- A lesser sort of marriage -- The extraordinary success of Karin Mansdotter -- Pimped to a King -- The role of a royal mistress -- ROYALS -- 10. The performance of a lifetime: Being queen consort -- Being foreign -- Being sociable -- Being self-assured -- Being a success -- 11. The winding road: Royal marriage negotiations -- A queen's worth -- How to pick a marriage partner -- Successful failures -- 12. The broken mirror: Gender differences in the system of royal apartments -- Mirroring apartments -- Royal apartments outside Stockholm -- Renovations -- A mirror cracked -- In-built gender -- 13. Death and beyond -- A Swedish Artemisia manquee -- Commemorating a dynasty -- Dynastic memory -- 14. The court as substitute family -- The Princess, her sister, and the need for trust -- A court of her own -- Court rather than family -- A long-lost sister -- The entertaining princess -- 15. Epilogue.
Ämnesord
- Sociala förhållanden (sao)
- Women -- Sweden -- History. (LCSH)
- Women -- Sweden -- Social conditions. (LCSH)
- Hovliv (kao)
- Courts and courtiers (kao//eng)
- Hovdamer (kao)
- Ladies-in-waiting (kao//eng)
- Makt (kao)
- Power (kao//eng)
- Hierarkier (kao)
- Hierarchies (kao//eng)
- Kvinnor -- historia (sao)
- Hovliv -- historia (sao)
- Sverige (sao)
- Sweden -- Court and courtiers -- History. (LCSH)
- Sverige (kao)
- Sweden (kao//eng)
- 1500-1800 (sao)
- 1500-talet (kao)
- 1600-talet (kao)
- 1700-talet (kao)
- 1800-talet (kao)
- 16th century (kao//eng)
- 17th century (kao//eng)
- 18th century (kao//eng)
- 19th century (kao//eng)
Klassifikation
- 305.4094850903 (DDC)
- Ohja (kssb/8 (machine generated))
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