Queens consort, cultural transfer and European politics, c.1500-1800
| Titel: | Queens consort, cultural transfer and European politics, c.1500-1800 / edited by Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly and Adam Morton |
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| Beteiligt: | ; |
| Ausgabe: | First issued in paperback |
| Veröffentlicht: | London; New York : Routledge, 2022 |
| Umfang: | xiii, 260 Seiten : Illustrationen |
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| ISBN: | 9781032402369 ; 9781472458384 ; 9781315603155 |
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- List of figures
- p. vii
- Acknowledgements
- p. ix
- Note on proper names
- p. x
- Notes on contributors
- p. xi
- 1
- Introduction: Politics, culture and queens consort
- p. 1
- 2
- Art collections as dynastic tools: The Jagiellonian Princesses Katarzyna, Queen of Sweden, and Zona, Duchess of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel
- p. 15
- 3
- The consort in the theatre of power: Maria Amalia of Saxony, Queen of the Two Sicilies, Queen of Spain
- p. 37
- 4
- The 'two bodies' of the female sovereign: Awkward hierarchies in images of Empress Maria Theresia, Catherine the Great of Russia and their male consorts
- p. 64
- 5
- Luise Ulrike of Prussia, Queen of Sweden, and the search for political space
- p. 84
- 6
- Marriage in a global context: Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland
- p. 109
- 7
- Dynastic positioning and political newsgathering: Hedwig Eleonora of Schleswig-Gottorf, Queen of Sweden, and her correspondence
- p. 132
- 8
- Becoming a Stuart queen consort: Nuptial texts for Henrietta Maria of France and Catherine of Braganza, Queens of Britain
- p. 153
- 9
- Sanctity and suspicion: Catholicism, conspiracy and the representation of Henrietta Maria of France and Catherine of Braganza, Queens of Britain
- p. 172
- 10
- Four weddings and five funerals: Dynastic integration and cultural transfer between the houses of Braunschweig and Brandenburg in the 18th century
- p. 202
- 11
- Afterword: Queens consort, dynasty and cultural transfer
- p. 231
- Index
- p. 251
