| Description |
xvii, 419 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Maria Giovanna Battista of Savoy-Nemours (1644-1724) : daughter, consort, and Regent of Savoy / Robert Oresko -- Queen Hedwig Eleonora of Sweden : dowager, builder, and collector / Lis Granlund -- Partner, matriarch, and minister : Mme de Maintenon of France, clandestine consort, 1680-1715 / Mark Bryant -- Piety and power : the Empresses-consort of the High Baroque / Charles W. Ingrao and Andrew L. Thomas -- Catherine I of Russia, consort to Peter the Great / Lindsey Hughes -- "Barbara succeeds Elizabeth ..." : the feminisation and domestication of politics in the Spanish monarchy, 1701-1759 / Charles C. Noel -- Queen Marie Leszczynska and faction at the French Court 1725-1768 / John Rogister -- Women and imperial politics : the Wurttemberg consorts 1674-1757 / Peter H. Wilson -- Religion and the consort : two Electresses of Saxony and Queens of Poland (1697-1757) / Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly -- Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach and the "anglicisation" of the House of Hanover / Andrew Hanham -- Hidden queen : Elisabeth Christine of Prussia and Hohernzollern queenship in the eighteenth century / Thomas Biskup -- "Pallas of Stockholm" : Louisa Ulrica of Prussia and the Swedish crown / Marc Serge Riviere -- Danish absolutism and queenship : Louisa, Caroline Matilda, and Juliana Maria / Michael Bregnsbo -- Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of Great Britain and Electress of Hanover : northern dynasties and the Northern Republic of Letters / Clarissa Campbeel Orr. |
| Subject |
Queens -- Europe -- History -- 1648-1789.
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Queens -- Europe -- History -- 1789-1815.
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Europe -- Court and courtiers.
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Women -- Europe -- History.
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| Added Author |
Orr, Clarissa Campbell.
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| ISBN |
0521814227 |
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