Acknowledgments

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 Power and Authority: Lineages of Regency and the Gendering of Political Entitlement 13
6. 2 Catherine de Médicis: Staging the Political Woman 24
7. 3 Contesting the Politics of the State: Marie de Médicis, Royal Familiality, and Gender Performance, 1610–1643 59
8. 4 Evacuating the Center: Anne d’Autriche and the Minority of Louis XIV 98
9. 5 The Male Regent: Philippe d’Orléans and the Traditions of Regency Government 137
10. 6 Revolution and Regency: Killing the Past 177
11. Conclusion 200
12. Abbreviations 211
13. Notes 213
14. Index 291