LEADER 05184nam 2200697 450 001 9910809626303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a90-04-25839-6 024 7 $a10.1163/9789004258396 035 $a(CKB)2550000001139988 035 $a(EBL)1517903 035 $a(OCoLC)862372019 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001041261 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11633008 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001041261 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11009033 035 $a(PQKB)10578028 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1517903 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004258396 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1517903 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10792286 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL539502 035 $a(PPN)178907383 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001139988 100 $a20131207h20132014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe Politics of female households $eladies-in-waiting across early modern Europe /$fedited by Nadine Akkerman and Birgit Houben 210 1$aLeiden :$cBRILL,$d[2013] 210 4$d©2014 215 $a1 online resource (441 p.) 225 0$aRulers & elites 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-04-23606-6 311 $a1-306-08251-X 320 $aInclude bibliographies and index. 327 $tPreliminary Material -- $tIntroduction /$rNadine Akkerman and Birgit Houben -- $tPetticoats and Politics: Elisabeth Parr and Female Agency at the Early Elizabethan Court /$rHelen Graham-Matheson -- $tJane Dormer?s Recipe for Politics: A Refuge Household in Spain for Mary Tudor?s Ladies-in-Waiting /$rHannah Leah Crummé -- $tLadies-in-Waiting at the Imperial Court of Vienna from 1550 to 1700: Structures, Responsibilities and Career Patterns /$rKatrin Keller -- $t?In service to my Lady, the Empress, as I have done every other day of my life?: Margarita of Cardona, Baroness of Dietrichstein and Lady-in-Waiting of Maria of Austria /$rVanessa de Cruz Medina -- $tWomen and the Politics of Access at the Court of Brussels: The Infanta Isabella?s Camareras Mayores (1598?1633) /$rBirgit Houben and Dries Raeymaekers -- $tDwarfs?and a Loca?as Ladies? Maids at the Spanish Habsburg Courts /$rJanet Ravenscroft -- $t?A Stable of Whores?? The ?Flying Squadron? of Catherine de Medici /$rUna McIlvenna -- $tIn Search of the Ladies-in-Waiting and Maids of Honour of Mary, Queen of Scots: A Prosoprographical Analysis of the Female Household /$rRosalind K. Marshall -- $tClients and Friends: The Ladies-in-Waiting at the Court of Anne of Austria (1615?66) /$rOliver Mallick -- $tPerceptions of Influence: The Catholic Diplomacy of Queen Anna and Her Ladies, 1601?1604 /$rCynthia Fry -- $tThe Goddess of the Household: The Masquing Politics of Lucy Harington-Russell, Countess of Bedford /$rNadine Akkerman -- $tThe Female Bedchamber of Queen Henrietta Maria: Politics, Familial Networks and Policy, 1626?40 /$rSara J. Wolfson -- $tLiving in the House of Power: Women at the Early Modern Swedish Court /$rFabian Persson -- $tThe Politics of Female Households: Afterthoughts /$rJeroen Duindam -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex. 330 $aThe Politics of Female Households is the first collection that seeks to integrate ladies-in-waiting into the master narrative of early modern court studies. Presenting evidence and analysis of the multifarious ways in which ?women above stairs? shaped the European courts of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, it argues for a re-assessment of their political influence. The cultural agency of ladies-in-waiting is viewed in the reflection of portraiture, pamphlets and masques: their political dealings and patronage are revealed through analysis of letters, family networks, career patterns, gift exchange and household structures, as well as their activities in the fields of intelligence-gathering and espionage. By concentrating on a previously neglected area of female agency, this collection demonstrates clearly that the political climate of Europe was often shaped outside the male-dominated institutions of government and administration. Contributors include: Helen Graham-Matheson, Hannah Leah Crummé, Katrin Keller, Vanessa de Cruz, Birgit Houben, Dries Raeymaekers, Janet Ravenscroft, Una McIlvenna, Rosalind K. Marshall, Oliver Mallick, Cynthia Fry, Nadine Akkerman, Sara J. Wolfson, Fabian Persson, and Jeroen Duindam. 410 0$aRulers & Elites$v4. 606 $aLadies-in-waiting$zEurope$vBiography 606 $aLadies-in-waiting$zEurope$xHistory 606 $aWomen$zEurope$vBiography 607 $aEurope$xCourt and courtiers$xHistory 607 $aEurope$xPolitics and government$y1492-1648 615 0$aLadies-in-waiting 615 0$aLadies-in-waiting$xHistory. 615 0$aWomen 676 $a940.2/209252 676 $a940.2209252 701 $aAkkerman$b Nadine$01100197 701 $aHouben$b Birgit$01715070 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809626303321 996 $aThe Politics of female households$94109359 997 $aUNINA