Overview

Challenging the conception that only men shaped the Holy Roman Empire, this book provides students and general readers with biographies of preachers, nuns, princesses, businesswomen, artists, scientists, writers, and social movers who exercised agency in the Holy Roman Empire. Who was Maria Theresia Paradis, and have you ever heard of Empress Eleonora Magdalena? Numerous women achieved prominence or made important contributions to the life of the early modern Holy Roman Empire, but they are only gradually being rediscovered. Generations of historians had assumed that princely women were essentially limited to childbearing, or townswomen to running the household. And although it took a long time for higher education to become attainable to women, they also made their voices heard in the sciences, arts, and religion. Indeed, a closer look reveals that the history of the empire was also a history of the interaction of men and women and a history of women's self-empowerment. This book offers a biographical perspective on that past, as well as a fascinating panorama of women who left their mark on the Holy Roman Empire. This book is the perfect introduction to anyone wishing to broaden their knowledge of women’s history, the Holy Roman Empire, and early modern Europe.

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Author:   Katrin Keller
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781032181059

ISBN 10:   1032181052
Pages:   314
Publication Date:   25 July 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction The Sixteenth Century: Preachers, Nuns, and Dynastic Women 2. Caritas Pirckheimer (1467–1532): The Learned Nun 3. Katharina Zell (1497/98–1562): A Woman who Preached 4. Maria of Hungary (1505–1558): On Behalf of the Dynasty 5. Elisabeth of Brunswick-Calenberg (1510–1558): A Princess as Reformer 6. Anna of Saxony (1532–1585): Of Princely Domains and Good Medicines 7. Archduchess Maria of Inner Austria (1551–1608): How a Mother Shapes her Children The Seventeenth Century: Princesses, Businesswomen, and Artists 8. Polyxena of Lobkowicz (1566–1642): Between Bohemia and Spain 9. Anna of Brandenburg (1576–1625): How Prussia came to Brandenburg 10. Maria Magdalena Haidenbucher (1576–1650): Abbess in Troubled Times 11. Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg (1633–1694): The Poet in Exile 12. Maria Sibylla Merian (1647–1717): Science and Painting 13. Glikl bas Judah Leib (1647?–1724): The Experiences of a Jewish Businesswoman 14. Empress Eleonora Magdalena (1655–1720): How to Care for Your Siblings 15. Maria Aurora von Königsmarck (1662–1728): The Mistress in the Imperial Abbey The Eighteenth Century: Scientists, Writers, and Social Movers 16. Erdmuthe Benigna of Reuß-Ebersdorf (1670–1732): Women and the Pietist Movement 17. Maria Margaretha Kirch (1670–1720): The Arduous Journey to the Sciences 18. Luise Adelgunde Gottsched (1713–1762): More than the Woman at his Side 19. Dorothea Erxleben (1715–1762): A Medical Doctor Prevails 20. Empress Maria Theresa (1717–1780): The Heiress 21. Anna Dorothea Therbusch (1721–1782): From Innkeeper to Court Painter 22. Anna Barbara Gignoux (1725–1796): How to Defend a Calico Manufactory 23. Sophie von La Roche (1730–1807): A Life as a Female Author 24. Amalie Gallitzin (1748–1806): Philosophy, Religion, and Conviviality 25. Maria Theresia Paradis (1759–1824): The Blind Pianist 26.Henriette Herz (1764–1847): A Salon in Berlin

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"""Through her well-chosen examples, Katrin Keller unlocks a multitude of previously hidden or partially obscured connections across the last three centuries of the vast Holy Roman Empire’s existence, revealing not only how this complex entity functioned, but the important contributions made by women to its artistic, cultural, dynastic, economic, medical, political, religious, and scientific history. Fascinating and absorbing."" Peter H Wilson, University of Oxford, UK"

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Katrin Keller is Director of the Institute for Habsburg and Balkan Studies of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria.

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