The reading list is incredibly comprehensve, covering everything from public/private spheres to beguine communities. I appreciate how you've included both foundational works like Erler and Kowaleski alongside more recent scholarship. The connection between medieval women's peace-weaving roles and modern ambassadorship really challenges conventional naratives about women's historical agency. Would love to see more discussion about how these diplomatic strategies translated across different regions during the peroid.
Thank you for spending time with it! Oh, someone I think did that exquisitely in their historical narrative is Leah Redmond Chang in Young Queens — she really goes into Catherine de Medici’s strategy of a united France even as the family was moving beyond to marry. It’s incredibly interesting and rich of resources if you haven’t read it already!
The reading list is incredibly comprehensve, covering everything from public/private spheres to beguine communities. I appreciate how you've included both foundational works like Erler and Kowaleski alongside more recent scholarship. The connection between medieval women's peace-weaving roles and modern ambassadorship really challenges conventional naratives about women's historical agency. Would love to see more discussion about how these diplomatic strategies translated across different regions during the peroid.
Thank you for spending time with it! Oh, someone I think did that exquisitely in their historical narrative is Leah Redmond Chang in Young Queens — she really goes into Catherine de Medici’s strategy of a united France even as the family was moving beyond to marry. It’s incredibly interesting and rich of resources if you haven’t read it already!
Fantastic discussion today!!!
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