Susan Broomhall, Jacqueline Van Gent

Gender, Power and Identity in the Early Modern House of Orange-Nassau (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The present study develops a new vision of power as a gendered concept, using a case study of the House of Orange-Nassau whose extensive visual, material and archival sources from both male and female members enable us to trace their complex attempts to express, gain and maintain power.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. August 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317129905
• Artikelnr.: 45681020

Autorenporträt

Susan Broomhall is Professor of Early Modern History at The University of Western Australia.

Jacqueline Van Gent is Associate Professor in History at The University of Western Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents:
Acknowledgements
Note on Naming Conventions
Introduction
Familial Structures, Hierarchies and Power
1. Leadership, Governance and Complicit Roles
2. Horizontal, Vertical and Dynastic Alliances
Transitions
3. Born Orange, Made Orange: Children in the House of Orange-Nassau
4. Love and Marriage: Individual, House and Dynasty
5. Conversion: Choices, Conflicts, Consequences
6. Death and Dynasty: Sacrifice, Intimacy and Individuality
Conclusions
Bibliography
Index