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The Body of the Queen. Gender and Rule in the Courtly World from the 15th to the 20th Century.
Regina . Ed(S): Schulte
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Hardback. This anthology contributes to an ongoing debate about how the gendered body has been constructed and perceived within the context of the European courts during the course of the past five centuries. Editor(s): Schulte, Regina. Num Pages: 32 illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 610.
How many “bodies” does a queen have? What is the significance of multiple “bodies”? How has the gendered body been constructed and perceived within the context of the European courts during the course of the past five centuries? These are some of the questions addressed in this anthology, a contribution to the ongoing debate provoked by Ernst H. Kantorowicz in his seminal work from 1957, The King’s Two Bodies. On the basis of both textual self-presentations and visual representations a gradual transformation of the queen appears: A sacred/providential figure in medieval and early modern period, an ideal bourgeois wife ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845451219
SKU
V9781845451219
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About Regina . Ed(S): Schulte
Regina Schulte’s main fields of research are social and cultural history from the seventeenth to the twentieth century, especially the history of crime, gender and war. She taught Modern History and Gender History at Technical University Berlin, Bochum, Cornell University, and European University Institute Florence. Currently she holds a Chair of Modern and Contemporary History/Gender History at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum. ... Read more
Reviews for The Body of the Queen. Gender and Rule in the Courtly World from the 15th to the 20th Century.
“This book is a welcome…contribution to the growing literature on queens. That it scrutinizes so many queens in so many different contexts will give this collection broad appeal and make it appropriate reading in university courses devoted to gender and power.” · Francia