Crawford, Katherine. Perilous performances : gender and regency in early modern France

Folger bibliographic ID: 188688
Folger call number: DC36.1 .C73 2004
Folger holdings ID: 226748

General notes

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents

Power and authority : lineages of regency and the gendering of political entitlement -- Catherine de Médicis : staging the political woman -- Contesting the politics of the State : Marie de Médicis, royal familiarity, and gender performance -- Evacuating the center : Anne d'Autriche and the minority of Louis XIV -- The male regent : Philippe d'Orléans and the traditions of regency government -- Revolution and regency : killing the past

Extended title: Perilous performances : gender and regency in early modern France / Katherine Crawford

Regents Monarchy Mothers of kings and rulers Salic law France

author: Crawford, Katherine, 1966-