Gender and political culture in early modern Europe 1400 1800 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 [1] Introductions Gender and political culture in early modern Europe James Daybell and Svante Norrhem Gender politics and archives in early modern England James Daybell [2] Diplomacy gifts and the politics of exchange Material culture as power : gendered strategies of power in an early modern dynasty Susan Broomhall and Jacqueline Van Gent Diplomats and kin networks : diplomatic strategy and gender 1648 1740 Svante Norrhem and Peter Lindström [3] Socio economic structures gender and politics Female agency in favourable political circumstances : Lady Ingerd Ottesdotter and the benefits of holding Crown fiefs in Norway in the 1520s Randi Bjørshol Waerdahl Female networks and horizontal families Barbara J. Harris Widows political strategies in traditional communities : negotiating marital status and authority in eighteenth Century France Elise M. Dermineur [4] Women and gendered politics at court For ye young men show a womanish soul yon maiden a mans : perspectives on female monarchy in Elizabeths first decade Victoria Smith Strategies for survival : women at the Court of the Medici (1565 1587) Sarah Bercusson [5] Voting and political representation No place for a lady : re considering women and voting in the 18th century Elaine Chalus Gender politics and voting in early modern Scandinavia Hilde Sandvik Åsa Karlsson Sjögren & Peter Lindström [6] Conclusion: Global perspectives Gender and cultural power in global perspective Merry Wiesner Hanks