Rise of Female Kings in Europe, 1300-1800 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780300173277)

In this lively and pathbreaking book, William Monter sketches Europe's increasing acceptance of autonomous female rulers between the late Middle Ages and the French Revolution. Monter surveys the governmental records of Europe's thirty women monarchs--the famous (Mary Stuart, Elizabeth I, Catherine the Great) as well as the obscure (Charlotte of Cyprus, Isabel Clara Eugenia of the Netherlands)--describing how each of them achieved sovereign authority, wielded it, and (more often than men) abandoned it. Monter argues that Europe's female kings, who ruled by divine right, experienced no significant political opposition despite their gender.

Author: William Monter
ISBN-10: 030017327X
ISBN-13: 9780300173277
Publisher: Yale University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/24/2012
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.50w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 07/01/2012