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Author: Lois G. Schwoerer Publisher: JHU Press ISBN: 1421432242 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 413
Book Description
Originally published in 1987. Lady Rachel Russell (1637–1723) was regarded as "one of the best women" by many of the most powerful people of her time. Wife of Lord William Russell, the prominent Whig opponent of King Charles II who was executed for treason in 1683, Lady Russell emerged as a political figure in her own right during the Glorious Revolution and throughout her forty-year widowhood. Award-winning historian Lois G. Schwoerer has written a biography that illuminates both the political life and the lives of women in late Stuart England. Lady Russell's interest in politics and religion blossomed during her marriage to Lord Russell and after his death: "as William became a Whig martyr, Rachel became a Whig saint." Her wealth, contacts, and role as her husband's surrogate gave her considerable influence to intercede in high government appointments, lend support in elections, and exchange favors with her friend Mary of Orange. In her domestic life she similarly took steps usually reserved to men, managing large estates in London and Hampshire and negotiating favorable marriage contracts for each of her three children. Although Lady Russell was unusual for her time, she was by no means unique. Other notable women shared her concerns and traits, although to differing degrees and effects. Schwoerer suggests that the horizons of women's lives in the seventeenth century may have extended farther than is often supposed.
Author: Lois G. Schwoerer Publisher: JHU Press ISBN: 1421432242 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 413
Book Description
Originally published in 1987. Lady Rachel Russell (1637–1723) was regarded as "one of the best women" by many of the most powerful people of her time. Wife of Lord William Russell, the prominent Whig opponent of King Charles II who was executed for treason in 1683, Lady Russell emerged as a political figure in her own right during the Glorious Revolution and throughout her forty-year widowhood. Award-winning historian Lois G. Schwoerer has written a biography that illuminates both the political life and the lives of women in late Stuart England. Lady Russell's interest in politics and religion blossomed during her marriage to Lord Russell and after his death: "as William became a Whig martyr, Rachel became a Whig saint." Her wealth, contacts, and role as her husband's surrogate gave her considerable influence to intercede in high government appointments, lend support in elections, and exchange favors with her friend Mary of Orange. In her domestic life she similarly took steps usually reserved to men, managing large estates in London and Hampshire and negotiating favorable marriage contracts for each of her three children. Although Lady Russell was unusual for her time, she was by no means unique. Other notable women shared her concerns and traits, although to differing degrees and effects. Schwoerer suggests that the horizons of women's lives in the seventeenth century may have extended farther than is often supposed.
Author: Lois G. Schwoerer
Author: Lois G. Schwoerer
Author: Lady Rachel Russell
Author: Lady Rachel Russell
Author: Lady Rachel Russell
Author: Lady Rachel Vaughan Russell
Author: Rachel RUSSELL (Baroness Russell.)
Author: Rachel RUSSELL (Baroness Russell.)
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Author: Rachel RUSSELL (Baroness Russell.)![Letters of Lady Rachel Russell, from the manuscript in the Library at Woburn Abbey. To which is prefixed, an introduction, vindicating the character of Lord Russell against Sir John Dalrymple,&c. The fourth edition, corrected [by Thomas Sellwood]. To this edition is added ... the trial of Lord William Russell, for high treason; extracted from the State Trials at large PDF](https://books.google.com/books/content/images/frontcover/KLS2PzdQSrEC?fife=w80-h100)
Author: Rachel RUSSELL (Baroness Russell.)