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This collection of essays examines women's involvement in politics in early modern England, as writers, as members of kinship and patronage networks, and as petitioners, intermediaries and patrons. It challenges conventional conceptualizations of female power and influence, defining 'politics' broadly in order to incorporate women excluded from formal, male-dominated state institutions. The chapters embrace a range of interdisciplinary approaches: historical, literary, palaeographic, linguistic and gender based. They deal with a variety of issues related to female intervention within political spheres, including women's rhetorical, persuasive and communicative skills; the production by women of a range of texts that can be termed 'political'; the politicization of marital, family and kinship networks; and female involvement in patronage and court politics. It also looks at ways in which images of female power and authority were represented in canonical texts, such as Shakespeare's plays and Milton's epic poetry.

Women in politics --- Women --- History. --- History --- Political activity --- Great Britain --- Politics and government --- Human females --- Wimmin --- Woman --- Womon --- Womyn --- Females --- Human beings --- Femininity --- Political activity&delete& --- נשים --- النساء --- היסטוריה --- פעילות פוליטית --- نشاط سياسيّ --- בריטניה --- بريطانيا العظمى --- פוליטיקה וממשל --- السياسة والحكم --- نشاط سياسي

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English literature --- anno 1500-1799

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English letters --- English prose literature --- Letter writing --- Correspondence --- English letter writing --- Letter writing, English --- Writing of letters --- Authorship --- Letters --- History and criticism --- History --- Sociology of culture --- Non-fiction --- Sociology of literature --- anno 1500-1599 --- anno 1600-1699 --- Great Britain

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Authorship --- Bibliography, Critical --- Books --- Codicology --- English literature --- Letter writing --- Manuscripts --- Transmission of texts --- Women and literature --- Social aspects --- Format --- History --- Criticism, Textual --- Book history --- Sociology of literature --- Manuscripts. Epigraphy. Paleography --- codicology --- book history --- anno 1500-1599 --- anno 1600-1699 --- anno 1700-1799

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"Gender and Political Culture in Early Modern Europe investigates the gendered nature of political culture across early modern Europe by exploring the relationship between gender, power, and political authority and influence. This collection offers a rethinking of what constituted 'politics' and a reconsideration of how men and women operated as part of political culture. It demonstrates how underlying structures could enable or constrain political action, and how political power and influence could be exercised through social and cultural practices"--Provided by publisher.

History of civilization --- anno 1500-1799 --- anno 1400-1499 --- Europe --- History of Europe --- Sex role --- Political culture --- Power (Social sciences) --- Authority --- Men --- Women --- Political science --- Authoritarianism --- Consensus (Social sciences) --- Exchange theory (Sociology) --- Social sciences --- Sociology --- Empowerment (Social sciences) --- Political power --- Culture --- Sex (Psychology) --- Sex differences (Psychology) --- Social role --- Gender expression --- Sexism --- Gender role --- Females --- Human beings --- Femininity --- Human females --- Wimmin --- Woman --- Womon --- Womyn --- Males --- Effeminacy --- Masculinity --- Human males --- Political aspects --- History --- History. --- Social aspects --- Political activity --- Politics and government. --- Social conditions. --- Politics --- Social aspects&delete& --- Political activity&delete& --- Gender roles --- Gendered role --- Gendered roles --- Role, Gender --- Role, Gendered --- Role, Sex --- Roles, Gender --- Roles, Gendered --- Roles, Sex --- Sex roles