HeyJaredFeminist Histories
Feminist Histories is a monthly(ish) newsletter that tells the stories of women who wielded all sorts of power across Early Modern Europe.
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The First Great Favorite: Jacqueline de Longwy (opens the original)
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Hello there!Welcome to another installment of Feminist Histories. It’s a special one, and I’ve been sitting on it for far too long.Jacqueline de Longwy has graced the logo for Feminist Histories since day one, and her story is the first I began to draft for this page. But I stalled on it for ages - I think I wanted to get better and more comfortable with this whole thing before bringing her to your attention.And while I still believe I won’t do her justice, it’s becoming clear to me that I’ll al
Anne de Croÿ, Duchess of Aarschot and Princess-Countess of Arenberg (opens the original)
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Hello there! Today we’re heading back to the southern Netherlands, modern-day Belgium, to take a look at arguably the most powerful noblewoman of the Archducal period. Anne de Croÿ became the matriarch of the powerful Arenberg family with the death of her mother-in-law, past Feminist Histories featured femme politique Margaret de la Marck. Margaret died in 1599, the same year that Isabella Clara Eugenia, the Infanta of Spain, became Archduchess of the Netherlands. Isabella’s arrival elevated the
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