Description: In a book addressing those interested in the transformation of monarchy into the modern state and in intersections of gender and political power, Crawford examines the roles of female regents in early modern France.
Brief description: Katherine Crawford is Assistant Professor of History at Vanderbilt University.
Review Quotes: Crawford has provided scholarship with a valuable resource that illumines the complexity of gender constraints on political power in France and how regency innovations led to the emergence of the modern state. This study brings to the forefront the active role of the female regent during a time that resisted the political participation of women.--Jennifer Powell McNutt "Sixteenth Century Journal"