When Women Ruled the World

Making the Renaissance in Europe

When Women Ruled the World
Maureen Quilligan
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6 Jan 2023 US
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9781324092377
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Sixteenth-century Europe was a time of destabilisation of age-old norms and the waging of religious wars-yet it also witnessed the remarkable flowering of a pacific culture cultivated by a cohort of extraordinary women rulers who sat on Europe' s thrones, most notably Mary Tudor, Elizabeth I, Mary, Queen of Scots and Catherine de' Medici. Recasting the dramatic stories and complex political relationships among these four women rulers, Maureen Quilligan rewrites centuries of scholarship that sought to depict intense personal hatreds among them. Instead, showing how the queens engendered a culture of mutual respect, When Women Ruled the World focuses on the gift-giving by which they aimed to ensure female bonds of friendship and alliance. Detailing the artistic and political creativity that flourished in the pockets of peace created by these queens, Quilligan' s lavishly illustrated work offers a new perspective on the glory of the Renaissance and the women who helped to create it.
Refuting traditional narratives of ' personal jealousy and rancor' between Catherine de' Medici, Elizabeth I, Mary Tudor, and Mary, Queen of Scots, Quilligan argues that these four queens recognized that they needed to band together to protect against the ' looming patriarchal power of the Reformation' . . . Quilligan lucidly explains the era' s complex familial, religious, and political dynamics, and draws incisive character sketches. Renaissance buffs will treasure this sparkling revisionist history. -- "Publishers Weekly" The author pays particular attention to the way each woman navigated the prejudice against women in power. . . The choice to highlight connections rather than conflicts is intriguing, and Quilligan' s arguments are thought-provoking. . . An interesting look at the lives and relationships of four of the Renaissance' s most powerful women. --Kathleen McCallister "Library Journal" With meticulous attention to the letters and gifts they exchanged, Quilligan argues that [Mary Tudor, Elizabeth I, Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, and Catherine de' Medici] nurtured a culture of mutual respect. . . A useful addition to the literature on European royalty. . . An authoritative and sympathetic collective biography. -- "Kirkus Reviews"
Maureen Quilligan is R. Florence Brinkley Professor of English Emerita at Duke University. The author of books about medieval and Renaissance literature, she was also coeditor of the groundbreaking essay collection Rewriting the Renaissance: The Discourses of Sexual Difference in Early Modern Europe.
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ISBN-13: 9781324092377
Published: 6 Jan 2023
Published In: United States
Imprint: WW Norton & Co
Publisher: WW Norton & Co
Format: Paperback
Height: 211mm
Width: 140mm
Spine: 20mm
Weight: 245g
Pages: 320

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