TY  - BOOK
AU  - Project Muse
AU  - Sarti,Cathleen
TI  - Women and Economic Power in Premodern Royal Courtsedited by Cathleen Sarti
T2  - Gender and power in the premodern world
SN  - 9781641892735
AV  - GT3510 .W664 2020
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Leeds
PB  - ARC Humanities Press
KW  - Power (Social sciences)
KW  - Europe
KW  - History
KW  - Administration of estates
KW  - Finance, Public
KW  - Women
KW  - Royal households
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE; 2; Introduction : women and economic power in premodern royal courts; Cathleen Sarti --; The medieval English queen as landholder : some reflections on sources and methodology; Michele Seah and Katia Wright --; Financial power of empresses and princess consorts of the Holy Roman Empire; Charlotte Backerra and Catherine Ludwig-Ockenfels --; "Edward III's gold-digging mistress" : Alice Perrers, gender, and financial power at the English royal court, 1360-1377; Laura Tompkins --; Counselling the Danish king : Sigbrit Villoms as financial mastermind for Christian II, 1513-1523; Cathleen Sarti --; Afterword : "power is money"? Reflections on money, power, sex, and gender in premodern royal courts; Elena Woodacre; 2; b
N2  - From medieval England to early modern Denmark and the Holy Roman Empire, premodern kings and queens had splendid courts to show their God-given power. But where did the money for these come from? Following the money trail back often leads to financially savvy women--not only empresses and queens, but also mistresses and favourites--who skillfully managed huge estates, treasuries, or accounts. This volume focuses on how women used money as an instrument of power in early modern royal courts
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