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Queenship and Counsel in Early Modern Europe

Helen Matheson-Pollock, Joanne Paul, Catherine Fletcher Orcid Logo

Swansea University Author: Catherine Fletcher Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1007/978-3-319-76974-5

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The discourse of political counsel in early modern Europe depended on the participation of men, as both counsellors and counselled. Women were often thought too irrational or imprudent to give or receive political advice—but they did in unprecedented numbers, as this volume shows. These essays trace...

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