Guardianship, Gender, and the Nobility in Early Modern Spain

by Grace E. Coolidge

Book Overview

Contrary to early modern patriarchal assumptions, this study argues that rather trying to impose obedience or enclosure on women of their own rank and status, noblemen in early modern Spain depended on the active collaboration of noblewomen to maintain and expand their authority, wealth, and influence. While the image of virtuous, secluded, silent, and chaste women did bolster male authority in general and help to assure individual noblemen that their...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 103292859X
• ISBN13: 9781032928593
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 184 Pages