Women and Economic Power in Premodern Royal Courts /

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From medieval England to early modern Denmark and the Holy Roman Empire, premodern kings and queens had splendid courts to show their God-given power. But where did the money for these come from? Following the money trail back often leads to financially savvy women--not only empresses and queens, bu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Sarti, Cathleen (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2020
Colección:Gender and power in the premodern world.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Power (Social sciences) > Europe > History.
Administration of estates > Europe > History.
Finance, Public > Europe > History.
Women > Europe > History.
Royal households > Europe > History.
Europe > Court and courtiers > History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : women and economic power in premodern royal courts / Cathleen Sarti
  • The medieval English queen as landholder : some reflections on sources and methodology / Michele Seah and Katia Wright
  • Financial power of empresses and princess consorts of the Holy Roman Empire / Charlotte Backerra and Catherine Ludwig-Ockenfels
  • "Edward III's gold-digging mistress" : Alice Perrers, gender, and financial power at the English royal court, 1360-1377 / Laura Tompkins
  • Counselling the Danish king : Sigbrit Villoms as financial mastermind for Christian II, 1513-1523 / Cathleen Sarti
  • Afterword : "power is money"? Reflections on money, power, sex, and gender in premodern royal courts / Elena Woodacre.

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