Elite Women and the Italian Wars, 14941559

The Element analyses the critical importance of elite women to the conflict known as the Italian Wars between 1494 and 1559. The authors show breadth and depth of the opportunities, roles, impact, and influence that certain women had to shape the course of the conflict in both wartime activities and in peace-making.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Managing War: women in the Habsburg dynastic business; 2. Staging War: Women producing Valois masculinity; 3. Surviving War: the political work of Italian princely consorts; Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Susan Broomhall, Susan (Australian Catholic University Broomhall, Broomhall Susan, Carolyn James, Carolyn (Monash University James, James Carolyn
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2024
• EAN: 9781009415958
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0941595-8
• No. of pages: 78
• Series: Elements in the Renaissance
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, military history, Italy, Gender studies: women, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Gender studies: women and girls, c 1500 to c 1600, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), European history: Renaissance