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Queenship and Revolution in Early Modern Europe: Henrietta Maria and Marie Antoinette
Carolyn Harris
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Paperback. Series: Queenship and Power. BIC Classification: HBJD. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Queen Marie Antoinette, wife of King Louis XVI of France and Queen Henrietta Maria, wife of King Charles I of England were two of the most notorious queens in European history. They both faced accusations that they had transgressed social, gender and regional norms, and attempted to defend themselves against negative reactions to their behavior. Each queen engaged with the debates of her time concerning the place of women within their families, religion, politics, the public sphere and court culture and attempted to counter criticism of her foreign origins and political influence. The impeachment of Henrietta Maria in 1643 and ... Read more
Queen Marie Antoinette, wife of King Louis XVI of France and Queen Henrietta Maria, wife of King Charles I of England were two of the most notorious queens in European history. They both faced accusations that they had transgressed social, gender and regional norms, and attempted to defend themselves against negative reactions to their behavior. Each queen engaged with the debates of her time concerning the place of women within their families, religion, politics, the public sphere and court culture and attempted to counter criticism of her foreign origins and political influence. The impeachment of Henrietta Maria in 1643 and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Queenship and Power
Condition
New
Number of Pages
273
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349570263
SKU
V9781349570263
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About Carolyn Harris
Carolyn Harris is an instructor in history at the University of Toronto, School of Continuing Studies, Canada. She received her PhD in European history at Queen's University at Kingston, Canada in 2012. Harris is the author of Magna Carta and Its Gifts to Canada. Carolyn Harris won the 2016 award for the best book published in 2015-2016 on the history ... Read more
Reviews for Queenship and Revolution in Early Modern Europe: Henrietta Maria and Marie Antoinette
Harris's Queenship and Revolution does offer is an excellent example of careful archival scholarship and thoughtful gender analysis. ... Harris's Queenship and Revolution is a valuable addition to the ongoing scholarly conversation about queenship ... . (Sharon Jansen, Canadian Journal of History, Vol. 52 (1), 2017)