IMC 2017: Sessions
Session 512: Theories and Typologies, I: Significant Others - Their Part and Influence in the Shaping of Successful Rulerships
Tuesday 4 July 2017, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | Royal Studies Network |
|---|---|
| Organiser: | Zita Eva Rohr, Department of Modern History, Politics & International Relations, Macquarie University, Sydney |
| Moderator/Chair: | Elena Woodacre, Department of History, University of Winchester |
| Paper 512-a | The Role of Court Jews as 'Dhimmis', and as Influential Agents of Moroccan Sultans (Language: English) Index terms: Islamic and Arabic Studies, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 512-b | 'Gerlondes of chyryes off sche caste': The Queen's Domestic Interference in the Plot of Athelston (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Language and Literature - Middle English, Women's Studies |
| Paper 512-c | Woman, Foreigner, Not Noble: Sigbrit Villoms as Highest Counsellor to the Danish Crown (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Politics and Diplomacy, Women's Studies |
| Abstract | Recent scholarship has demonstrated that all modern political systems have been produced within an informal political arena alongside government. Domestic and private political spaces were subject to the important influence of others such as women, ethno-religious minorities, and marginalised and/or difficult to categorise men. Far from being unusual or exceptional, these ‘others’ played vital roles in the shaping and development of successful territorial monarchies, challenging the traditional understanding of what shaped rulers and rulerships and what actually contributed to the success of territorial monarchies that emerged as the geopolitical winners in early modern Europe. |