The Monstrous Regiment of Women: Female Rulers in Early Modern Europe

Jansen, S.

In The Monstrous Regiment of Women , Sharon Jansen explores the case for and against female rule by examining the arguments made by theorists from Sir John Fortescue (1461) through Bishop Bossuet (1680) interweaving their arguments with references to the most well-known early modern queens. The 'story' of early modern European political history looks very different if, instead of focusing on kings and their sons, we see successive generations of powerful women and the shifting political alliances of the period from a very different, and revealing, perspective.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2002-12-13

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780312213411

DOI: 10.1057/9780230602113

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 311