Dynastic Identity in Early Modern Europe
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-4094-6326-9 (ISBN)
Dr Liesbeth Geevers is a postdoctoral researcher at the Radboud University Nijmegen (Netherlands). From 2008 to 2011 she was a lecturer of Political History at Utrecht University. She has published on the dynastic identity of William of Orange in the 1560s and the identity of the Nassau dynasty (1541-1616) and is currently studying the position of dynastic juniors in Eurasian empires (1300-1800). Mirella Marini obtained a BA in Law (1996) and an MA in history (2006) at the KU Leuven (Belgium). Her doctoral research on the religious patronage of high noble women is undertaken at the VU University Amsterdam (Netherlands) and the University of Antwerp (Belgium). Marini has published on female diplomacy, funeral culture and the politics of dynastic marriages.
Avant-propos, Duc d’ Arenberg; Introduction: aristocracy, dynasty and identity in early modern Europe, 1520-1700, Liesbeth Geevers and Mirella Marini. Part I Identity, Ethnicity and Monarchy: Aristocratic identity formation in 17th-century Ireland, Jane Ohlmeyer; The newcomer’s dilemma: Henry IV of France and James I of England, Ronald G. Asch; Dynasty and elites: from early modern Europe to late imperial China, Jeroen Duindam. Part II Identity Formation and Family Relations: The Chièvres legacy, the Croÿ family and litigation in Paris. Dynastic identities between the Low Countries and France (1519-1559), Violet Soen; From Arenberg to Aarschot and back again: female inheritance and the disputed 'merger' of two aristocratic identities, Mirella Marini; Points of transferral: Mademoiselle de Guise’s will and the transferability of dynastic identity, Jonathan Spangler. Part III Manufacturing Identity: The fruits of war: the representation of Alessandro Farnese in Paolo Rinaldi’s Liber Relationum, Sebastiaan Derks; To give to airy nothing a local habitation and a name: creating two great Swedish noble families, Fabian Persson; The Nassau orphans. the disputed legacy of William of Orange and the construction of the Prince of Orange (1584-1675), Liesbeth Geevers; Conclusion: ‘The line of descent of nobles is from the blood of kings’: reflections on dynastic identity, Hamish Scott. Bibliography; Index.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 28.11.2015 |
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Reihe/Serie | Politics and Culture in Europe, 1650-1750 |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
Gewicht | 734 g |
Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4094-6326-5 / 1409463265 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4094-6326-9 / 9781409463269 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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