Gender and Political Culture in Early Modern Europe, 1400-1800

Introductions

1. James Daybell and Svante Norrhem, 'Introduction: Gender and Political Culture in Early Modern Europe'

2. James Daybell, 'Gender, Politics and Archives in Early Modern England'

Diplomacy, Gifts and the Politics of Exchange

3. Susan Broomhall and Jacqueline Van Gent, 'Material Culture as Power: Gendered Strategies of Power in an Early Modern Dynasty'

4. Svante Norrhem and Peter Lindström, 'Diplomats and Kin Networks: Diplomatic Strategy and Gender 1648-1740'

Socio-Economic Structures, Gender and Politics

5. Randi Bjørshol Wærdahl, 'Female Agency in Favourable Political Circumstances Lady Ingerd Ottesdotter and the Benefits of Holding Crown Fiefs in Norway in the 1520s'

6. Barbara J. Harris, 'Female Networks and Horizontal Families'

7. Elise M. Dermineur, 'Widows' Political Strategies in Traditional Communities: Negotiating Marital Status and Authority in Eighteenth Century France'

Women and Gendered Politics at Court

8. Victoria Smith, '"For ye, young men, show a womanish soul, yon maiden a man's": Perspectives on Female Monarchy in Elizabeth's First Decade'

9. Sarah Bercusson, 'Strategies for Survival: Women at the Court of the Medici (1565-1587)'

Voting and Political Representation

10. Elaine Chalus, '"To serve my friends": Women and Political Patronage in Eighteenth Century England'

11. Hilde Sandvik, Åsa Karlsson Sjögren & Peter Lindström, 'Gender, Politics and Voting in Early Modern Scandinavia'

Conclusion: Global Perspectives

12. Merry Wiesner-Hanks, 'Gender and Cultural Power in Global Perspective'