Königinnen und Mätressen. Die Macht der Frauen - von Katharina de’ Medici bis Marie Antoinette / B. Craveri ; ubersetz. A. Kopetzki. - Munchen : Carl Hanser Verlag, 2008. - 473, [3] S.
Аннотация: Eine Sittengeschichte Frankreichs, erzahlt aus Perspektive der Frauen am Konigshof. aus uraltem Adel die einen, einfache Bankierstochter die anderen, hochmutige Gottinnen oder bescheidene Liebende im Hintergrund, schamlose Karrieristinnen, stumme Dulderinnen oder impertinente Geschopfe der Halbwelt: Geschichten aus dem Stoff, aus dem sonst nur Romane sind.
Scandalous Women: The Lives and Loves of History's Most Notorious Women / E. K. Mahon ; book design. L. Amoroso. - New York : A Perigee Book, 2011. - xii, 304 p.
Аннотация: Throughout history women have caused wars, defied the rules, and brought men to their knees. The famous and the infamous, queens, divorcées, actresses, and outlaws have created a ruckus during their lifetimes-turning heads while making waves. Scandalous Women tells the stories of the risk takers who have flouted convention, beaten the odds, and determined the course of world events.
Sex with the Queen : Nine Hundred Years of Vile Kings, Virile Lovers, and Passionate Politics / E. Herman. - New York : Harper Collins Publishers ; New York : Harper Perennial, 2007. - xii, 322, [18] p.
Аннотация: In royal courts bristling with testosterone—swashbuckling generals, polished courtiers, and virile cardinals—how did repressed regal ladies find happiness? Anne Boleyn flirted with courtiers; Catherine Howard slept with one. Henry VIII had both of them beheaded. Catherine the Great had her idiot husband murdered and ruled the Russian empire with a long list of sexy young favorites. Marie Antoinette fell in love with the handsome Swedish count Axel Fersen, who tried valiantly to rescue her from the guillotine. Princess Diana gave up her palace bodyguard to enjoy countless love affairs, which tragically led to her early death.
The Dogaressa of Venice, 1200-1500. Wife and Icon / H. S. Hurlburt. - New York ; Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. - viii, 304 p.
Аннотация: "Dogaressa" was the title given to the wife of the elected leader (doge) in late medieval Venice. This study traces the evolution of the ducal consort's public identity and the limitations placed upon her during Venice's development into an international economic and political power.
The Weaker Vessel: Woman's Lot in Seventeenth-Century England / A. Fraser. - London : Mandarin, 1991. - 612 p.
Аннотация: Just how weak were the women of the Civil War era? What could they expect beyond marriage and childbirth in an age where infant and maternal mortality was frequent and contraception unknown? Did anyone marry for love? Could a woman divorce? What rights had the unmarried? What expectations the widows? An expert on the period brings to life the many and various women she has encountered in her considerable research.
Woman's Work in the Home as Daughter, as Wife and as Mother / F. W. Farrar. - London, 21 Berners Street : James Nisbet & Co., 1895. - 109, [3] p. Экз-ры: ИНО
Women in Early Medieval Europe: 400-1100 / L. M. Bitel. - Cambridge ; New York ; Oakleigh : Cambridge University Press, 2002. - xv, 326, [2] p.
Аннотация: "Women in Early Medieval Europe" is not just a history of women, but a history of the early European Middle Ages through the eyes of women. This book combines the rich literature of women's history with original research in the context of mainstream history and traditional chronology.
