Gendered Practices of Rulership at the Court of Württemberg, 1568-1634.
- 1st ed.
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2025. 2025.
- 1 online resource (260 pages)
- Studies in German History Series .
- Studies in German History Series .
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Cover -- Gendered Practices of Rulership at the Court of Württemberg, 1568-1634 -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Ruling Men and Women -- Gender and the History of Early Modern Courtly Politics -- Gendered Practices of Rulership -- The Duchy of Württemberg -- 1: Space: Everyday Rulership -- Integrating the Heir at Court -- The Frauenzimmer -- Growing Up at Court -- A Young Lord in the Frauenzimmer -- One or Many Households: Spatial Practices of Power -- Gendered Topographies -- The Haus- and Landesvater: Order and Belonging -- Ducal Jurisdiction -- Conclusion -- 2: Representation: Rulership and Ceremony -- Gendered Modes of Princely Representation in Funeral Sermons -- Court Festivals and the Female Gaze -- Festival Narratives and Gendered Societal Orders -- Manly Games and Queen America at the Carnival of Stuttgart -- Marriage, Continuity, and Ancient German Heroes -- 'They Say that England is a Paradise for Women' -- 'Shining Women' -- Routines of Chivalry -- Conclusion -- 3: Marriage: Sharing Rulership -- Marriage and Dynastic Power -- Marital Breakdowns in the House of Württemberg -- The Marriage of Duke Friedrich I and Duchess Sibylla -- The Mömpelgard Years and Early Successes -- Negotiating Rulership -- Emotion Work in Marriage -- Conclusion -- 4: Concubinage: Reframing Rulership -- Magdalena Möringer: A Female Favourite (?) -- Matthäus Enzlin: A Male Favourite in Württemberg -- Concubinage as a Gendered Practice of Rulership -- A Favourite's Competencies -- Frauenzimmer Politics -- The Aftermath: Magdalena Möringer and Matthäus Enzlin -- Conclusion -- 5: Kinship: Rulership in Transition -- To Marry or Not to Marry -- Guardians -- Widows and Advisors -- The Widow of Nürtingen -- Conclusion -- Conclusion: Württemberg and the Dynastic World -- Bibliography -- Manuscript Sources. Printed and Edited Primary Sources -- Secondary Literature -- Unpublished Dissertations -- Websites -- Index.
This is a book concerned with the longevity of dynastic rulership. It explores the history of a ducal ruling family in the German-speaking part of the Holy Roman Empire over three generations from the late sixteenth to the first half of the seventeenth century.