Ruling women, volume 1 : government, virtue, and the female prince in seventeenth-century France /

Ruling women, volume 1 :

government, virtue, and the female prince in seventeenth-century France /
Derval Conroy.
Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Conroy, Derval, author.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published / Created: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Series:Queenship and power.
Subjects:
Queens > France > History > 17th century.
Princesses > France > History > 17th century.
Women > Political activity > France > History > 17th century.
Sex role > Political aspects > France > History > 17th century.
Matriarchy > Political aspects > France > History > 17th century.
Virtue > Political aspects > France > History > 17th century.
Monarchy > France > History > 17th century.
Power (Social sciences) > France > History > 17th century.
French drama > 17th century > History and criticism.
Queens in literature.
Princesses in literature.
Women in literature.
France > Politics and government > 17th century.
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Physical description: 229 pages ; 23 cm.

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ISBN:9781137567970
113756797X
Table of Contents:
Volume 1: The dynamics of exclusion : "Salic Law" and constructions of masculine monarchy
Government by women in early modern "Galleries" of women
Engendering equality : Gynæcocracy in Gournay, Poullain de la Barre, and Suchon
Appendix: Biographical notes on women rulers.

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