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Ruling women /

"This book, the first of two volumes, is the first study of its kind devoted to an analysis of the debate concerning government by women in seventeenth-century France. Drawing on a wide range of political and feminist texts, it sets out to demonstrate that the dominant discourse which upholds p...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Conroy, Derval (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Series:Queenship and power.
Subjects:
Queens > France > History > 17th century.
Princesses > France > History > 17th century.
Women > Political activity > France > History > 17th century.
Sex role > Political aspects > France > History > 17th century.
Matriarchy > Political aspects > France > History > 17th century.
Virtue > Political aspects > France > History > 17th century.
Monarchy > France > History > 17th century.
Power (Social sciences) > France > History > 17th century.
France > Politics and government > 17th century.
French drama > 17th century > History and criticism.
Queens in literature.
Princesses in literature.
Women in literature.
HISTORY > Europe > France.
HISTORY > Modern > 17th Century.
HISTORY > Social History.

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