The institutional power of Choson Korea's Queen Dowagers / Alban Schmid.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schmid, Alban, author.

Series:

Gender and power in the premodern world.

Gender and power in the premodern world series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (160 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Leeds, England : Arc Humanities Press, [2024]

Summary:

Power in the Chosŏn dynasty of Korea (1392-1910) was shared amongst various political actors, often including female heads of royal households, namely queen dowagers. Following a diachronic approach, several case studies are examined to illustrate the extent and limits of the queen dowagers' authority. Evidence shows that queen dowagers grew more confident and more influential over the course of the dynasty, especially as more precedents concerning their exercise of power were added to the dynasty's Veritable Records. While queen dowagers usually refrained from getting involved in day-to-day politics, some had the power to order the dethronement of not one, but two Korean kings and, by the nineteenth century, often ruled themselves during extensive periods of regency.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

STYLISTIC CONVENTIONS

Chapter 1. Introduction: The Dowager’s Mandate

Chapter 2 APPROACHING KINGSHIP (1590–1608)

Chapter 3. The Royal Family, the King, and the Bureaucracy: Separated Powers? (1608–1618)

Chapter 4 THE KING, THE EMPEROR, AND THE WAR IN MANCHURIA

Chapter 5 QUEEN DOWAGER INMOK’S RESTORATION

Chapter 6 THE GRACE OF RECEIVING THE COUNTRY

Chapter 7 EPILOGUE NOTES ON CHOSŎN’S CONSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781802702002

OCLC:

1443637566