Broschiertes Buch

Elite Women in Early Modern Catholic Europe

Beschreibung

This collection offers a new look at early modern Catholic Europe through the lens of the diverse experiences of elite women, using a historiographical approach to analyse womenâ s roles through changing political, social, and cultural contexts.

Autor

Cinzia Recca is reader in Early Modern History in the Department of Education at the University of Catania, Italy. Her main field of research includes the European Enlightenment, especially court studies and women's roles. In recent years, she has initiated a demanding research activity focused on the figure of Queen Maria Carolina of Naples through the analysis of unpublished sources (diary and correspondence). She is the author of The Diary of Maria Carolina of Naples, 1781-1785: New evidence of Queenship at Court (2017). Francisco Precioso Izquierdo is reader in Modern History at the University of Murcia, Spain. His field of research integrates the analysis of the noble elites of the Hispanic world at the end of the seventeenth century from a family, political, and cultural perspective. In recent years, his research has been oriented toward the study of the idea of nobility in Spanish society in the eighteenth century. He is the author of Melchor Macanaz. La derrota de un "héroe". Poder político y movilidad familiar en la España Moderna (2017).

Produktdetails

• New Interdisciplinary Approaches to Early Modern Culture
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Februar 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 284g
• ISBN-13: 9781032751719
• ISBN-10: 1032751711
• Artikelnr.: 71775213