move to the so-called “Salic Law,” which, in prohibiting females from ascending the French throne, resulted in a preference for women, generally the queen-mother, over male relatives as regents for a minor king. The queen regent is one of the clearest
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The Gallic Singularity
The Medieval and Early Modern Origins
Tracy Adams
In French Politics, Culture & Society
- Published (Print):
- 01 Mar 2020
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 21–43 (23 total)
Representations of Women in the French Imaginary
Historicizing the Gallic Singularity
Jean Elisabeth Pedersen
women [that] makes peace possible” between the sexes. Arguing for the compatibility between de Pizan's positive representations of women as female regents and the creation of the Salic Law, which barred women from direct royal inheritance in France, she
In French Politics, Culture & Society
- Published (Print):
- 01 Mar 2020
- Article Type:
- Introduction
- Pages:
- 1–20 (20 total)