Making Maria Theresia ‘King’ of Hungary
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8958852 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Benedek Varga (0000-0001-6194-2235, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 233-254 |
| Publication date | 2020-05-27 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Historical Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-246X • E-ISSN: 1469-5103 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0018246x20000151 |
| OpenAlex | W3031227321 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 13 |
This article examines the succession of Maria Theresia as ‘king’ of Hungary in 1741, by questioning the notion of the ‘king's two bodies’, an interpretation that has dominated the scholarship. It argues that Maria Theresia's coming to the throne challenged both conceptions of gender and the understanding of kingship in eighteenth-century Hungary. The female body of the new ruler caused anxieties which were mitigated by the revival of the medieval rex femineus tradition as well as ancient legal procedures aiming to stress the integrity of royal power when it was granted to a woman
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| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |