Unexpected Heirs in Early Modern Europe : Potential Kings and Queens / [electronic resource] : / edited by Valerie Schutte.. — 1st ed. 2017.. — XI, 280 p. 1 illus. in color. : online resource. — (Queenship and Power). - Queenship and Power .
1. Introduction -- I. Securing a Dynasty -- 2. A Bastard and a Changeling?: England's Edward of Westminster and Delayed Childbirth -- 3. Margaret Tudor, Countess of Richmond and Elizabeth York: Dynastic Competitors or Allies? -- 4. Perceptions of Princesses: Pre-accession Book Dedications to Mary and Elizabeth Tudor -- 5. Fit for a King?: The Gendered Emotional Performances of Catherine de Medici as Dauphine of France, 1536-1547 -- 6. Never the Queen: Anne Stuart's Formative Years -- II. Second Sons -- 7. Another Spare to the French Crown: Henry III of France's Self-Representation, Reputation and Royal Authority -- 8. Losing an Unexpected Throne: Deposing Second Sons of the Stuart Dynasty -- 9. Expected, then Passed Over: Second Sons in the French Monarchy of the Seventeenth Century -- III. Unexpected Survival -- 10. A Queen in Constant Motion: Queen Christina of Sweden and the Unexpected Mobility of Sovereignty -- 11. The Unexpected Virgin: The Perpetual Succession Crisis of Elizabeth I.
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Анотація: There were many surprising accessions in the early modern period, including Mary I of England, Henry III of France, Anne Stuart, and others, but this is the first book dedicated solely to evaluating their lives and the repercussions of their reigns. By comparing a variety of such unexpected heirs, this engaging history offers a richer portrait of early modern monarchy. It shows that the need for heirs and the acquisition and preparation of heirs had a critical impact on sixteenth- and seventeenth-century culture and politics, from the appropriation of culture to the influence of language, to trade and political alliances. It also shows that securing a dynasty relied on more than just political agreements and giving birth to legitimate sons, examining how relationships between women could and did forge alliances and dynastic continuities.
9783319552941
10.1007/978-3-319-55294-1 doi
Europe—History—1492-. Sociology. Great Britain—History. Europe—History—476-1492. History of Early Modern Europe. Gender Studies. History of Britain and Ireland. History of Medieval Europe.