Queens Consort, Cultural Transfer and European Politics, c.1500-1800

by Adam Morton, Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly

Queens Consort, Cultural Transfer and European Politics examines the roles that queens consort played in dynastic politics and cultural transfer between their natal and marital courts during the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries. This collection of essays analyses the part that these queens played in European politics, showing how hard and soft power, high politics and cultural influences, cannot be strictly separated. It shows that the root of these consorts’ power lay in their d

ISBN: 9781317072881

291 pages

Published: 2016-11-03

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

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