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- Provides the first monograph-length analysis of Maria Carolina of Hapsburg-Lorraine
- Examines gender roles in royal positions in 18th century court life
- Analyzes never-before-published correspondences and diaries between the Queen, her sister Marie Antoinette, and her husband, King Ferdinand
Part of the book series: Queenship and Power (QAP)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This work offers a new portrayal of Queen Maria Carolina of Naples as a woman of power with weaknesses and ambitions, and analyzes the Queen's actions, from her political choices to her alliance and betrayals. A careful examination of the period (1781-1785) covered by the diary shows that the daily life of the Queen and offers key evidence of her political acumen and her personal relationships. Recca cross-analyses unpublished personal documents, which include the integral diary and private correspondence. The book focuses on the political influence that Queen Maria Carolina wielded beside her husband, King Ferdinand IV, and the criticism that has been made by contemporary historians and intellectuals who have often tended to discredit the sovereign for personal rather than political reasons.
Authors and Affiliations
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University of Catania , Catania, Italy
Cinzia Recca
About the author
Cinzia Recca is Lecturer in Modern History at the University of Catania, Italy, in the Department of Educational Science. She has published several papers in historical journals and volumes and is the Copy-editor of the Royal Studies Journal. She is currently researching the Hapsburg shadow in the Kingdom of Naples in the Mid-Eighteenth century, analyzing and focusing on the unpublished correspondence of Queen Maria Carolina and her brothers.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Diary of Queen Maria Carolina of Naples, 1781-1785
Book Subtitle: New Evidence of Queenship at Court
Authors: Cinzia Recca
Series Title: Queenship and Power
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31987-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-31986-5Published: 15 December 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81170-3Published: 07 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-31987-2Published: 25 November 2016
Series ISSN: 2730-938X
Series E-ISSN: 2730-9398
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 412
Topics: History of Early Modern Europe, Gender Studies, Social History