Colonization, Piracy, and Trade in Early Modern Europe

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This collection brings together essays examining the international influence of queens, other female rulers, and their representatives from 1450 through 1700, an era of expanding colonial activity and sea trade. As Europe rose in prominence geopolitically, a number of important women—such as Queen Elizabeth I of England, Catherine de Medici, Caterina Cornaro of Cyprus, and Isabel Clara Eugenia of Austria—exerted influence over foreign affairs. Traditionally male-dominated spheres such as trade, colonization, warfare, and espionage were, sometimes for the first time, under the control of powerful women. This interdisciplinary volume examines how they navigated these activities, and how they are represented in literature. By highlighting the links between female power and foreign affairs, Colonization, Piracy, and Trade in Early Modern Europe contributes to a fuller understanding of early modern queenship.
This collection brings together essays examining the international influence of queens, other female rulers, and their representatives from 1450 through 1700, an era of expanding colonial activity and sea trade. As Europe rose in prominence geopolitically, a number of important women—such as Queen Elizabeth I of England, Catherine de Medici, Caterina Cornaro of Cyprus, and Isabel Clara Eugenia of Austria—exerted influence over foreign affairs. Traditionally male-dominated spheres such as trade, colonization, warfare, and espionage were, sometimes for the first time, under the control of powerful women. This interdisciplinary volume examines how they navigated these activities, and how they are represented in literature. By highlighting the links between female power and foreign affairs, Colonization, Piracy, and Trade in Early Modern Europe contributes to a fuller understanding of early modern queenship.

   
Fills a gap in scholarship on early modern female rulers and their roles in foreign affairs Focuses on several under-studied women, including Caterina Cornaro of Cyprus and Isabel Clara Eugenia of Austria Contributes to a more complex, transnational understanding of national literatures and cultures Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Estelle Paranque

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Colonization Piracy Trade Queen Elizabeth I Catherine de Medici Gender Studies Female Rulers Queens Women in History Women in Foreign Affairs monarchy studies Thomas Middleton the Armada the Huguenots Mary I of England

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“This volume demonstrates how fruitful interdisciplinary work can be in the fields of political, cultural, diplomatic, and global history. … In that respect, the editors have reached their aim to stress ‘that women … played crucial authoritative roles and were, at times, in charge of the decision-making processes that shaped what was to be ‘discovered’ and, just as importantly, who was to participate and benefit’ … .” (Indravati Félicité, Early Modern Woman, EMWJ, Vol. 15 (2), 2021)
“A fascinating collection of scholarly articles about the role of Queens and other powerful women in trade, finance and foreign affairs during the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.… The book is a valuable contribution to the study of queenship, revealing the full range of activities undertaken by early modern royal women.” (royalhistorian.com, February, 2018)
“This edited volume offers a number of case studies exemplifying how not only queen consorts and regents across Europe, but also women from more humble backgrounds, entered these spheres and showed themselves competent rulers, diplomats, and patrons of overseas exploration. … This edited collection is likely to appeal to scholars of royal studies and early modern diplomacy, and students of (political) history and gender studies.” (Nadia T. van Pelt, Journal of the Northern Renaissance, northernrenaissance.org, November, 2017)

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“This exciting collection brings together a wonderfully varied selection of case studies which shed new light on the role that powerful women played in the early modern period, when the Age of Discovery opened up new global vistas in terms of trading links and colonial expansion. All too often the narrative of this period has been focused on male exploration and imperial ambition but this volume puts women squarely in the picture by demonstrating their active engagement in colonization, piracy and trade.” (Elena Woodacre, Senior Lecturer in Early Modern European History, University of Winchester, UK)

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