Queens consort, cultural transfer and European politics, c. 1500-1800. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly, Adam Morton.
• Authors: Watanabe-O'Kelly, Helen
• Editors: Watanabe-O'Kelly, Helen; Morton, Adam
• Contents: List of Figures Acknowledgements Note on Proper Names Notes on Contributors Introduction: Politics, Culture and Queens Consort Adam Morton Art Collections as Dynastic Tool: The Jagiellonian Princesses Katarzyna, Queen of Sweden, and Zofia, Duchess of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel Almut Bues The Consort in the Theatre of Power: Maria Amalia of Saxony, Queen of the Two Sicilies, Queen of Spain Helen Watanabe-O’Kelly The ‘Two Bodies’ of the Female Sovereign: Awkward Hierarchies in Images of Empress Maria Theresia, Catherine the Great of Russia and their Male Consorts Christina Strunck Luise Ulrike of Prussia, Queen of Sweden, and the Search for Political Space Elise Dermineur and Svante Norrhem Marriage in a Global Context: Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland Clarissa Campbell Orr Dynastic Positioning and Political Newsgathering: Hedwig Eleonora of Schleswig-Gottorf, Queen of Sweden, and her Correspondence Jill Bepler Greeting the Stuart Queens Consort: Cultural Exchange and the nuptial texts for Henrietta Maria of France and Catherine of Braganza, Queens of Britain Anna-Marie Linnell Sanctity and Suspicion: Catholicism, Conspiracy and the Representation of Henrietta Maria of France and Catherine of Braganza, Queens of Britain Adam Morton Four Weddings and Five Funerals: Dynastic Integration and Cultural Transfer between the Houses of Braunschweig and Brandenburg in the Eighteenth Century Thomas Biskup Afterword: Queens Consort, Cultural Transfer and European Politics Helen Watanabe-O’Kelly Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white, and colour)
• Subjects: 940.2209252; Queens -- Europe -- History; Queens -- Political activity -- Europe -- History; Politics and culture -- Europe -- History; Arts -- Political aspects -- Europe -- History; Europe -- Relations
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781317072874; 9781317072867; 9781317072881; 9781315603155
• Related ISBNs: 9781472458384
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; item not viewed.
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