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History of the United Kingdom and Ireland --- anno 1600-1699

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A compelling history of women in seventeenth century espionage, telling the forgotten tales of women from all walks of life who acted as spies in early modern Britain. Nadine Akkerman has immersed herself in archives and letter collections, acting as a modern-day Spymistress to unearth plots and conspiracies that have long been hidden by history.

Espionage, British --- Espionage, British. --- Women spies --- Women spies. --- Women --- Women. --- History --- 1600-1714. --- Great Britain --- Great Britain. --- Women as spies --- Spies --- Espionnes --- Grande-Bretagne --- Politics and government

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letters [correspondence] --- Huygens, Constantijn --- Cavendish, Margaret [Duchess of Newcastle]

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The Politics of Female Households is the first collection that seeks to integrate ladies-in-waiting into the master narrative of early modern court studies. Presenting evidence and analysis of the multifarious ways in which ‘women above stairs’ shaped the European courts of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, it argues for a re-assessment of their political influence. The cultural agency of ladies-in-waiting is viewed in the reflection of portraiture, pamphlets and masques: their political dealings and patronage are revealed through analysis of letters, family networks, career patterns, gift exchange and household structures, as well as their activities in the fields of intelligence-gathering and espionage. By concentrating on a previously neglected area of female agency, this collection demonstrates clearly that the political climate of Europe was often shaped outside the male-dominated institutions of government and administration. Contributors include: Helen Graham-Matheson, Hannah Leah Crummé, Katrin Keller, Vanessa de Cruz, Birgit Houben, Dries Raeymaekers, Janet Ravenscroft, Una McIlvenna, Rosalind K. Marshall, Oliver Mallick, Cynthia Fry, Nadine Akkerman, Sara J. Wolfson, Fabian Persson, and Jeroen Duindam.

Ladies-in-waiting --- Courts and courtiers --- Women --- Court and courtiers --- Courtiers --- Kings and rulers --- Manners and customs --- Favorites, Royal --- Queens --- History --- Europe --- Politics and government --- History. --- Council of Europe countries --- Eastern Hemisphere --- Eurasia --- Ladies-in-waiting - Europe - History - 16th century --- Ladies-in-waiting - Europe - History - 17th century --- Ladies-in-waiting - Europe - Biography --- Courts and courtiers - Europe - History - 16th century --- Courts and courtiers - Europe - History - 17th century --- Women - Europe - Biography --- Europe - Politics and government - 1492-1648

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Art --- History of the Low Countries --- Elizabeth Stuart [ Queen of Bohemia] --- Amalia van Solms-Braunfels --- Elizabeth Stuart [Queen of Bohemia]