Fr. 220.00

Power and Patronage of Marguerite De Navarre

Inglese · Copertina rigida

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Zusatztext '... a sound and compelling book that introduces a new methodology for studying women's history and makes a ground-breaking argument about political power exercised by Marguerite of Navarre ... Barbara Stephenson introduces a model of clientage that enables scholars to trace women's participation in broker-client systems fully.' Sarah Hanley! Professor of History and Law! The University of Iowa '... an important contribution to studies of patronage and to our understanding of the complex Queen of Navarre.' Choice Reviews 'Marguerite emerges in this important study as a powerful anomaly who was able to combine male and female roles and to negotiate fluid boudaries between religion and politics' Renaissance Quarterly '.. a valuable and significant book.' American Historical Review Informationen zum Autor Barbara Stephenson Zusammenfassung Barbara Stephenson fills a gap in the literature for a text on Marguerite de Navarre's political life. She delineates Marguerite's formal political position and highlights her actions as a figure with the opportunity to exercise power through both official and unofficial channels. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Introduction: Margeurite de Navarre: corps féminin! coeur d'homme! tête d'ange; 'Vostre treshumble et tresobeisant sujet': networking and clientage in Marguerite's correspondence; 'Vostre bonne cousine et mauvais mere': language and fidelity in the correspondence; 'La vrai dame proprietaire': Marguerite's political authority; 'Non comme soeur': the patronage relationship of Margeurite and François I; 'Je vous supplie': Marguerite's religious patronage; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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