Elite women as diplomatic agents in early modern Italy and Hungary
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O'Leary, Jessica. (2022). Elite women as diplomatic agents in early modern Italy and Hungary Arc Humanities Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781641892438
Authors | O'Leary, Jessica |
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Abstract | This book explores the diplomatic role of women in early modern European dynastic networks through the study of Aragonese marriage alliances in late fifteenth-century Italy and Hungary. It challenges the frequent erasure of dynastic wives from diplomatic and political narratives to show how elite women were diplomatically active agents for two dynasties. Chapters analyze the lives of Eleonora (1450-1493) and Beatrice d'Aragona (1457-1508), daughters of King Ferrante of Naples (1423-1494), and how they negotiated their natal and marital relationships to achieve diplomatic outcomes. While Ferrante expected his daughters to follow paternal imperatives and to remain engaged in collective dynastic strategy, the extent of his kinswomen's continued participation in familial projects was dependent on the nature of their marital relationships. The book traces the access to these relationships that enabled courtly women to re-enter the diplomatic space after marriage, not as objects, but as agents, with their own strategies, politics, and schemes. |
ISBN | 9781641892438 |
9781641892438 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1515/9781641892438 |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 07 Feb 2022 |
2022 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 08 Mar 2022 |
Year | 2022 |
Publisher | Arc Humanities Press |
Place of publication | Leeds, United Kingdom |
Series | Gender and power in the premodern world |
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