The Monstrous Regiment of Women: Female Rulers in Early Modern Europe

by Sharon L. Jansen

Book Overview

In The Monstrous Regiment of Women, Sharon Jansen explores the case for and against female rule by examining the arguments made by theorists from Sir John Fortescue (1461) through Bishop Bossuet (1680) interweaving their arguments with references to the most well-known early modern queens. The 'story' of early modern European political history looks very different if, instead of focusing on kings and their sons, we see successive generations of powerful...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312213417
• ISBN13: 9780312213411
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 311 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.7"