The state as master

The state as masterAuthor: Maria gren ISBN: 9781526100641 Publisher: Manchester University Press Year first published: 22 Aug 2017 Pages: 184 Format: Hardback We tend to think of state service as the typical male form of work. However, this notion does not do justice to the early history of states and their servants, and it obscures the role of women and gender entirely. Teasing out these entanglements, The state as master shows how early modern state formation was

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