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049 _aMAIN
100 1 _aPersson, Fabian,
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245 1 0 _aWomen at the early modern Swedish court :
_bpower, risk, and opportunity /
_cFabian Persson.
300 _a1 online resource (342 pages).
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aGendering the Late Medieval and Early Modern World ;
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505 0 0 _aCover --
_tTable of Contents --
_tGenealogical charts --
_tDramatis personae --
_tNote on names --
_tAcknowledgements --
_tList of illustrations --
_tIntroduction: Women living with power --
_tOpportunities --
_tGrowing interest --
_tSources and the challenge of invisibility --
_tOutsiders --
_t1. Rituals of royal compassion --
_tWho and when --
_tInstitutionalisation --
_tThe quality of compassion --
_t2. Why be at court? The example of the Königsmarcks --
_tInsiders --
_t3. All the Queen's women --
_tThe creation of the Swedish court in the sixteenth century --
_tThe women in service --
_tThe recruitment process
505 0 0 _aPay and perquisites --
_tMarriage --
_tThe appeal of the court --
_t4. Noblewomen crossing borders --
_tChange over time --
_tPrincely women visiting and residing in Sweden --
_tSwedish noblewomen in service abroad --
_tClean break or gradual erosion? --
_tFrom melting pot to enclave --
_t5. Servants of power --
_tEveryday power --
_tand more --
_tMaids of Honour as power brokers --
_tEveryday power --
_tand high politics --
_tPower struggles on several levels --
_tEmerentia Düben --
_tJuliana Schierberg --
_tAnna Catharina Bärfelt --
_tMeasures of success --
_t6. Left behind --
_tReputational damage --
_tBeata Sophia Horn, trapped at court
505 0 0 _aAgeing and unmarried --
_t7. Filth among the apples: Hierarchy and gender at court --
_tA Swedish Table of Ranks --
_tFormal hierarchies --
_tRoyal decisiveness --
_tIncreasing formality --
_tMarks of status --
_tNegotiating the hierarchy --
_t8. A small circle with wide horizons --
_tLiving under surveillance --
_tSocialised into a group --
_tWidening interests and attitudes --
_tChanges in appearance --
_tThe best school in the world --
_t9. Fumbling for power: Being a royal mistress --
_tA golden age of adultery --
_tA passing fancy --
_tAn emotional anchor --
_tA lesser sort of marriage
505 0 0 _aThe extraordinary success of Karin Månsdotter --
_tPimped to a king --
_tThe role of a royal mistress --
_tRoyals --
_t10. The performance of a lifetime: Being Queen Consort --
_tBeing foreign --
_tBeing sociable --
_tBeing self-assured --
_tBeing a success --
_t11. The winding road: Royal marriage negotiations --
_tA queen's worth --
_tHow to pick a marriage partner --
_tSuccessful failures --
_t12. The broken mirror: Gender differences in the system of royal apartments --
_tMirroring apartments --
_tRoyal apartments outside Stockholm --
_tRenovations --
_tA mirror cracked --
_tIn-built gender --
_t13. Death and beyond
505 0 0 _aA Swedish Artemisia manquée --
_tCommemorating a dynasty --
_tDynastic memory --
_t14. The court as substitute family --
_tThe Princess, her sister and the need for trust --
_tA court of her own --
_tCourt rather than family --
_tA long-lost sister --
_tThe entertaining princess --
_t15. Epilogue --
_tGlossary --
_tCourt positions --
_tAbbreviations --
_tCoinage --
_tThe calendar --
_tBibliography --
_tManuscript sources --
_tPublished sources --
_tIndex --
_tList of illustrations
500 _aFigure 1: Women at court took part very visibly in public ceremonies, such as the coronation of Queen Hedvig Eleonora. Juriaen Ovens, Coronation of Hedvig Eleonora, c. 1654. Copyright Nationalmuseum (Stockholm).
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650 0 _aWomen
_zSweden
_xHistory.
650 0 _aWomen
_zSweden
_xSocial conditions.
655 1 _aElectronic Books.
856 4 0 _uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2894620&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518
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_bCynthia Snell
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_dCynthia Snell