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245	0	4	_aThe politics of female households : _bladies-in-waiting across early modern Europe / _cedited by Nadine Akkerman and Birgit Houben.
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264		1	_aLeiden ; _aBoston : _bBrill, _c2014.
300			_a1 online resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aRulers & elites : comparative studies in governance, _x2211-4610 ; _vv. 4
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0	0	_tPreliminary Material -- _tIntroduction / _rNadine Akkerman and Birgit Houben -- _tPetticoats and Politics: Elisabeth Parr and Female Agency at the Early Elizabethan Court / _rHelen Graham-Matheson -- _tJane Dormer’s Recipe for Politics: A Refuge Household in Spain for Mary Tudor’s Ladies-in-Waiting / _rHannah Leah Crummé -- _tLadies-in-Waiting at the Imperial Court of Vienna from 1550 to 1700: Structures, Responsibilities and Career Patterns / _rKatrin Keller -- _t“In service to my Lady, the Empress, as I have done every other day of my life”: Margarita of Cardona, Baroness of Dietrichstein and Lady-in-Waiting of Maria of Austria / _rVanessa de Cruz Medina -- _tWomen and the Politics of Access at the Court of Brussels: The Infanta Isabella’s Camareras Mayores (1598–1633) / _rBirgit Houben and Dries Raeymaekers -- _tDwarfs—and a Loca—as Ladies’ Maids at the Spanish Habsburg Courts / _rJanet Ravenscroft -- _t‘A Stable of Whores’? The ‘Flying Squadron’ of Catherine de Medici / _rUna McIlvenna -- _tIn Search of the Ladies-in-Waiting and Maids of Honour of Mary, Queen of Scots: A Prosoprographical Analysis of the Female Household / _rRosalind K. Marshall -- _tClients and Friends: The Ladies-in-Waiting at the Court of Anne of Austria (1615–66) / _rOliver Mallick -- _tPerceptions of Influence: The Catholic Diplomacy of Queen Anna and Her Ladies, 1601–1604 / _rCynthia Fry -- _tThe Goddess of the Household: The Masquing Politics of Lucy Harington-Russell, Countess of Bedford / _rNadine Akkerman -- _tThe Female Bedchamber of Queen Henrietta Maria: Politics, Familial Networks and Policy, 1626–40 / _rSara J. Wolfson -- _tLiving in the House of Power: Women at the Early Modern Swedish Court / _rFabian Persson -- _tThe Politics of Female Households: Afterthoughts / _rJeroen Duindam -- _tBibliography -- _tIndex.
520			_aThe Politics of Female Households is the first collection that seeks to integrate ladies-in-waiting into the master narrative of early modern court studies. Presenting evidence and analysis of the multifarious ways in which ‘women above stairs’ shaped the European courts of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, it argues for a re-assessment of their political influence. The cultural agency of ladies-in-waiting is viewed in the reflection of portraiture, pamphlets and masques: their political dealings and patronage are revealed through analysis of letters, family networks, career patterns, gift exchange and household structures, as well as their activities in the fields of intelligence-gathering and espionage. By concentrating on a previously neglected area of female agency, this collection demonstrates clearly that the political climate of Europe was often shaped outside the male-dominated institutions of government and administration. Contributors include: Helen Graham-Matheson, Hannah Leah Crummé, Katrin Keller, Vanessa de Cruz, Birgit Houben, Dries Raeymaekers, Janet Ravenscroft, Una McIlvenna, Rosalind K. Marshall, Oliver Mallick, Cynthia Fry, Nadine Akkerman, Sara J. Wolfson, Fabian Persson, and Jeroen Duindam.
650		0	_aLadies-in-waiting _zEurope _xHistory _y16th century.
650		0	_aCourts and courtiers _zEurope _xHistory _y16th century.
650		0	_aCourts and courtiers _zEurope _xHistory _y17th century.
650		0	_aWomen _zEurope _vBiography.
651		0	_aEurope _xPolitics and government _y1492-1648.
700	1		_aAkkerman, Nadine.
700	1		_aHouben, Birgit.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _tThe Politics of Female Households: Ladies-in-waiting across Early Modern Europe _dLeiden, Boston : BRILL, 2014, _z9789004236066
830		0	_aRulers & Elites _v4.
830		0	_aEuropean History and Culture E-Books Online, Collection 2014-II, ISBN: 9789004271456.
856	4		_zDOI: _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004258396
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