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- Title
‘ When the Desire (and the Obligation) Refuses to Work’. The Sexualisation of the Prince’s Power in the Context of Consolidation of the Dynastic States of Modernity.
- Authors
Gomes Pinto e Chaves, Ricardo Fernando
- Abstract
The article focuses on sexualisation of the Prince's power in the context of consolidation of the dynastic states of modernity and invariably associated with some figures of European royalty. It mentions signing a political and matrimonial alliance, a future ruler was expected to simultaneously show all the subjects of the res publica his "virility" and his genetic capacity. It also mentions matrimonial policies of European royal houses.
- Subjects
MODERNITY; KINGS &; rulers; ROYAL houses; MATRIMONIAL actions (Law); REPUBLIC, The (Book : Plato)
- Publication
Portuguese Studies Review, 2022, Vol 30, Issue 1, p113
- ISSN
1057-1515
- Publication type
Article