The Institutional Power of Chosŏn Korea&#039;s Queen Dowagers

Alban Schmid

doi:10.2307/jj.17331619

Zusammenfassung

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.

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Bibliographische Angaben

Auflage: 1/2024
Copyrightjahr: 2024
ISBN-Print: 978-1-80270-036-7
ISBN-Online: 978-1-80270-200-2
Verlag: Arc Humanities Press, Yorkshire
Reihe: Gender and Power in the Premodern World
Sprache: Englisch
Seiten: 160
Produkttyp: Monographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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1. Contents Kein Zugriff
2. Acknowledgements Kein Zugriff
3. Stylistic Conventions Kein Zugriff
Chapter 1. Introduction: The Dowager’s Mandate Kein Zugriff Seiten 1 - 12
Chapter 2. Approaching Kingship (1590–1608) Kein Zugriff Seiten 13 - 40
Chapter 3. The Royal Family, the King, and the Bureaucracy Kein Zugriff Seiten 41 - 64
Chapter 4. The King, the Emperor, and the War in Manchuria Kein Zugriff Seiten 65 - 88
Chapter 5. Queen Dowager Inmok’s Restoration Kein Zugriff Seiten 89 - 112
Chapter 6. The Grace of Receiving the Country Kein Zugriff Seiten 113 - 130
Chapter 7. Epilogue: Notes on Chosŏn’s Constitutional Framework Kein Zugriff Seiten 131 - 142
Bibliography Kein Zugriff Seiten 143 - 148
Index Kein Zugriff Seiten 149 - 152