Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-184) and index.
Contents
Introduction / Annette Dixon -- Women's authority in the state and household in early modern Europe / Merry Wiesner-Hanks -- Women as the topic / Mieke Bal -- Is the king genderless? : the staging of the female regent as Minerva Pacifera / Bettina Baumgärtel -- Women who ruled : queens, goddesses, Amazons 1500-1650 : a thematic overview / Annette Dixon.