The 'Unscottishness' of Female Rule: an early modern theory

History has played a central role in the construction of nations in the early modern period when national historiography replaced chronicles as the main historical genre. The treatment of female national characters by historians is therefore key to our understanding of the gendering of the nation in...

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Published inWomen's history review Vol. 24; no. 1; pp. 7 - 22
Main Author Dubois-Nayt, Armel
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 02.01.2015
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Early modern period
Females
Gender roles
Historians
Historiography
Nation building
Scotland
Women
United Kingdom > UK
Scotland
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Summary:History has played a central role in the construction of nations in the early modern period when national historiography replaced chronicles as the main historical genre. The treatment of female national characters by historians is therefore key to our understanding of the gendering of the nation in its infancy. This article contends that Scotland is a good case in point to explain why some nations were born 'womenless', for not only did Scottish historians of the period exclude women from national heroism, but one historian, Buchanan, went as far as theorising a Scottish exception that deliberately excluded Scottish women from the throne.
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ISSN:0961-2025
1747-583X
DOI:10.1080/09612025.2014.920671