1st Edition
Gender, Power and Identity in the Early Modern House of Orange-Nassau
294 Pages
by
Routledge
294 Pages
by
Routledge
294 Pages
by
Routledge
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How do gender and power relationships affect the expression of family, House and dynastic identities? The present study explores this question using a case study of the House of Orange-Nassau, whose extensive visual, material and archival sources from both male and female members enable the authors to trace their complex attempts to express, gain and maintain power: in texts, material... Read more
Contents:
Acknowledgements
Note on Naming Conventions
Introduction
Familial Structures, Hierarchies and Power
1. Leadership, Governance and Complicit Roles
2. Horizontal, Vertical and Dynastic Alliances
Transitions
3. Born Orange, Made Orange: Children in the House of Orange-Nassau
4. Love and Marriage: Individual, House and Dynasty
5. Conversion: Choices, Conflicts, Consequences
6. Death and Dynasty: Sacrifice, Intimacy and Individuality
Conclusions
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Susan Broomhall is Professor of Early Modern History at The University of Western Australia.
Jacqueline Van Gent is Associate Professor in History at The University of Western Australia.
