Publication details
Pod svícnem tma. Aristokratky doby baroka ve stínu mužských dějin
| Title in English | Darkness Beneath the Candlestick. Aristocratic Women of the Baroque Era in the Shadow of Men’s History |
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| Year of publication | 2024 |
| Type | Appeared in Conference without Proceedings |
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| Description | It is a historical paradox that while these women in the Czech lands once belonged to the social elite and personified the ideal of wealth, compared to their male counterparts, their written legacies are, with few exceptions, surprisingly poor. What reasons cast the wives, sisters and daughters of Baroque dignitaries into the shadow of history? And is the lack of documents more a consequence or a cause? The author shows what sources and methods can be used for biographies of aristocratic women. And how not to give up even when only unexpected discoveries can fill in the blank spaces. |