Format:
xvi, 230 Seiten
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Illustrationen, Karte
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25 cm
ISBN:
9781472489609
Series Statement:
Women and gender in the early modern world
Content:
"As queen consort and dowager, Hedwig Eleonora (1636-1715) held a unique position in Sweden for more than half a century. As the dominant collector and patron of art and architecture in the realm, she left a strong mark on Swedish court culture. Her dynastic network among the Northern European courts was extensive, and this helped to make Sweden a major cultural center in Northern Europe in the later seventeenth century. This book represents the first major scholarly publication on the full range of Hedwig Eleonora's endeavours, from the financing of her court to her place within a larger princely network, to her engagements with various cultural pursuits, to her public image. As the contributors show, despite her high profile, political position, and conspicuous patronage, Hedwig Eleonora experienced little of the animosity directed at many other foreign queens and regents, such as the Medici in France and Henrietta Maria in England. In this way, she provides a model for a different and more successful way of negotiating the difficulties of joining a foreign court; the analysis of her circumstances thus adds a substantial dimension to the study of early modern queenship. Presenting much new scholarship, this volume highlights one extremely significant early modern woman and her imprint on Northern European history, and fosters international awareness of the importance of early modern Scandinavia for European cultural history."--Back cover
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 204-224
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Introduction: Queen Hedwig Eleonora and the arts
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"The Queen of the North": Hedwig Eleonora and her German family in paint and print
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Queen Hedwig Eleonora's societal network within the Tugendliche and the Fruchtbringende Gesellschaft
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Hedwig Eleonora as dowager queen and administrator
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The pretiosa cabinet at Ulriksdal Palace
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"Paint their majesties' immortal praises": Hedwig Eleonora as patron of David Klocher Ehrenstrahl
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The wilderness inside Drottningholm: David Klocher Ehrenstrahl and the northern nature at the court of Hedwig Eleonora
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David Klocher's Ehrenstrahl portraits of Hedwig Eleonora's silblings: invention and the presentation of the family
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Hedwig Eleonora and building as a princely pursuit
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Hedwig Eleonora and the pratice of architecture
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Hedwig Eleonora, Lund University, and the learned
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Ballet, Kunstkammer, and the education of Princess Hedwig Eleonora at the Gottorf court
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Hedwig Eleonora and the music at the Swedish court, 1655-1726
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Hedwig Eleonora in print: from "Citronat" to "Wundermutter"
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781472489616
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Hedwig Eleonora Schweden, Königin 1636-1715
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Mäzenatentum
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Künste
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Höfische Kultur
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Aufsatzsammlung
Author information:
Hedwig Eleonora Schweden, Königin 1636-1715
Author information:
Skogh, Lisa 1974-
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