ABSTRACT

This volume offers an integrated set of local studies exploring the gendering of political activities across a variety of sites ranging from print culture, courts, government and philanthropic bodies and public spaces, outlining how a particular activity was constituted as political and exploring how this contributed to a gendered concept of citizenship. The comparative and transnational perspectives revealed through combining such work contributes to establishing new knowledge about the relationship between gender, citizenship and the development of the modern town in Northern Europe.

part Section I|60 pages

Gendered Use of Public Space in the Development of Citizenship

chapter 1|15 pages

‘To merit the countenance of the Magistrates'

Gender and Civic Identity in Eighteenth-Century Aberdeen

chapter 2|9 pages

Feeling Civic

Emotions, Gender and Civic Identity in Late Eighteenth-Century Copenhagen

chapter 3|16 pages

Defending Citizenship, Defining Citizenship

Rumours, Pamphleteering and the General Public in Late Eighteenth-Century Copenhagen

chapter 4|15 pages

Manly Magistrates and Citizenship in an Irish Town

Carlow, 1820–1840

part Section II|68 pages

Political Conflicts, Unruly Political Behavior and Gendered Citizenship

chapter 5|16 pages

The Burcot Bear

Gender, Power and Belonging in the Wells Election of 1765

chapter 7|16 pages

‘For the Defense of Our Liberty'

Gender in Dutch Civic Militancy (1780–1800) 1

chapter 8|17 pages

Citizenship in Action

Hanseatic Women's Wartime Associations

part Section III|86 pages

Citizenship, Philanthropy and Voluntary Work

chapter 10|16 pages

Performing Male Political Citizenship

Local Philanthropy as an Arena for Practicing and Negotiating Citizenship in Late Nineteenth-Century Denmark 1

chapter 11|16 pages

‘On Their Behalf No Agitator Raises His Voice' 1

The Irish Distressed Ladies Fund— Gender, Politics and Urban Philanthropy in Victorian Ireland

chapter 12|16 pages

Honour or Control?

Female Recipients of Prussian State Decorations in a Civic Context