Sixteenth-century Europe was a time of destabilisation of age-old
norms and the waging of religious wars-yet it also witnessed the
remarkable flowering of a pacific culture cultivated by a cohort of
extraordinary women rulers who sat on Europe's thrones, most
notably Mary Tudor, Elizabeth I, Mary, Queen of Scots and Catherine
de' Medici. Recasting the dramatic stories and complex political
relationships among these four women rulers, Maureen Quilligan
rewrites centuries of scholarship that sought to depict intense
personal hatreds among them. Instead, showing how the queens
engendered a culture of mutual respect, When Women Ruled the World
focuses on the gift-giving by which they aimed to ensure female
bonds of friendship and alliance. Detailing the artistic and
political creativity that flourished in the pockets of peace
created by these queens, Quilligan's lavishly illustrated work
offers a new perspective on the glory of the Renaissance and the
women who helped to create it.
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