Aspiration, Representation and Memory
The Guise in Europe, 1506-1688
Exploiting the turbulence and strife of sixteenth-century France, the House of Guise arose from a provincial power base to establish themselves as dominant political players in France and indeed Europe, marrying within royal and princely circles and occupying the most important ecclesiastical and military positions. Propelled by ambitions derived from their position as cadets of a minor sovereign house, they represent a cadre of early modern elites who are difficult to categorise neatly: neither fully sovereign princes nor fully subject nobility. They might have spent most of their time in one state, France, but their interests were always 't…
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Weitere Autoren: Richards, Penny (Hrsg.) / Spangler, Jonathan W. (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-317-17802-6
- EAN: 9781317178026
- Produktnummer: 20177672
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 226 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 4'007 KB
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Jessica Munns is a Professor of Literature at the University of Denver and has published extensively on Restoration and eighteenth-century literature. She has written one monograph and edited three collections of essays, and with Gita Rajan compiled and edited a 'Cultural Studies Reader'. She edits the journal 'Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Theatre Research'. Penny Richards recently retired as a Principal Lecturer in History from the University of Gloucestershire. She has published articles on Guise women as patrons and politicians; co-edited a book (with Jessica Munns), 'Gender, Power and Privilege in Early Modern Europe' (Pearson, 2003); and has contributed a biographical essay on Anne d'Este, Duchess of Guise and Nemours for the SIEFAR French elite women's studies website (2006). Jonathan Spangler is Senior Lecturer in History at Manchester Metropolitan University. He is a specialist in the high aristocracy of France and its borderlands, notably the Duchy of Lorraine, the court, dynasticism and noble identity. He has published a monograph and several articles on the Guise family, and coordinates an international research group on trans-regional elite families. Since 2010, Jonathan has been the co-editor of 'The Court Historian'.
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