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Names: Romberg, Marion, 1979- editor.
Title: Empresses and queens in courtly public spheres from the 17th to the 20th century / edited by Marion Romberg.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021] | Series: Brill’s studies on art, art history, and intellectual history, 1878-9048 ; volume 56 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021015557 (print) | LCCN 2021015558 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004354999 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004460904 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Queens—Europe—History. | Queens—Press coverage. | Queens in art.
Classification: LCC D226.7 .E47 2021 (print) | LCC D226.7 (ebook) | DDC 940.2092/52—dc23
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Chapters 1, 3 and 8 were proofread by Cambridge Proofreading. The Introduction and chapters 2, 4 and 5 were copy edited by Dr. Angela Jianu. which were sponsored by DDr. Franz-Josef Mayer-Gunthof Wissenschafts- und Forschungsstiftung and the Austrian Science Fund (FWF).
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ISSN 1878-9048
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