Colonization, Piracy, and Trade in Early Modern Europe: The Roles of Powerful Women and Queens

Author:   Estelle Paranque ,  Nate Probasco ,  Claire Jowitt
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2017
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9783319571584


Pages:   255
Publication Date:   16 August 2017
Format:   Hardback
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This collection brings together essays examining the international influence of queens, other female rulers, and their representatives from 1450 through 1700, an era of expanding colonial activity and sea trade. As Europe rose in prominence geopolitically, a number of important women—such as Queen Elizabeth I of England, Catherine de Medici, Caterina Cornaro of Cyprus, and Isabel Clara Eugenia of Austria—exerted influence over foreign affairs. Traditionally male-dominated spheres such as trade, colonization, warfare, and espionage were, sometimes for the first time, under the control of powerful women. This interdisciplinary volume examines how they navigated these activities, and how they are represented in literature. By highlighting the links between female power and foreign affairs, Colonization, Piracy, and Trade in Early Modern Europe contributes to a fuller understanding of early modern queenship.    

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Author:   Estelle Paranque ,  Nate Probasco ,  Claire Jowitt
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2017
Weight:   4.552kg
ISBN:  

9783319571584


ISBN 10:   3319571583
Pages:   255
Publication Date:   16 August 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

"1. Introduction.- I. Demonstration of Power.-  2. Mary I, Mary of Guise and the Strong Hand of the Scots: Marian Policy in Ulster and Anglo-Scottish Diplomacy, 1553-1558.- 3. Catherine de Medici and Huguenot Colonization, 1560-1567.- 4. Isabel Clara Eugenia, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands: Trade, Politics, & Warfare, Ruling like a King, 1621-1633.- II. Diplomatic Strategies.- 5. Caterina Cornaro and the Colonization of Cyprus.- 6. Trade and Piracy: The Role of a Potential Queen Consort in the 1620s.- 7. ""The Princesses' Representative"" or Renegade Entrepreneur? Marie Petit, the Silk Trade, and Franco-Persian Diplomacy.- III. Exotic Encounters.- 8. ""I would not have given it for a wilderness of monkeys"": Turquoise, Queenship, and the Exotic.- 9. A Vision on Queen Elizabeth's Role in Colonizing America: Stephen Parmenius's De Navigatione (1582).- 10. Captains, Kings, Queens: Politics, Piracy, and the Sea in Middleton's The Phoenix (c. 1603-04)"

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A fascinating collection of scholarly articles about the role of Queens and other powerful women in trade, finance and foreign affairs during the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. ... The book is a valuable contribution to the study of queenship, revealing the full range of activities undertaken by early modern royal women. (royalhistorian.com, February, 2018)


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Estelle Paranque is Lecturer in Early Modern History at New College of the Humanities, London, UK. Nate Probasco is Assistant Professor of History at Briar Cliff University, USA. Claire Jowitt is Professor of English and History and Associate Dean for Research for Arts and Humanities at the University of East Anglia, UK .

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