book review servants of the dynasty palace women in world：世界王朝宫廷妇女的书评.pdf

J ournal of International Womens Studies Volume 11 | Issue 4 Article 17 May-2010 Book Review : Servants of the Dynasty: Palace Women in World History J ulia Landweber Re ommended Citation Landweber, Julia (2010). Book Review : Servants of the Dynasty: Pala e Women in World History. J ournal of International Womens Studies, 11(4), 204-208. Available at : http://v ./jiws/vol11/iss4/17 This item is available as part of Virtual Commons, the open-a ess institutional repository of Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, Massachusetts. This journal and its contents may be used for research, teaching and private study purposes. Any substantial or systematic reproduction, re-distribution, re-selling, loan or sub-licensing, systematic supply or distribution in any form to anyone is expressly forbidden. ©2010 Journal of International Women’s Studies. Servants of the Dynasty: Palace Women in World History. 2008. Anne Walthall (ed.). Berkeley: The University of California Press. 381 pp. (Includes illustrations, photographs, maps, tables, and index). $60.00 (Hardback), $24.95 (Paperback). Reviewed by Julia Landweber 1 Servants of the Dynasty does something no other study has done before: the fifteen original essays commissioned for this project provide the first comparative examination of the lives of women in royal courts in a genuinely world-historical context. In doing so, editor Anne Walthall and her contributors offer important insights to two subjects of history often kept entirely separate: the history of monarchy, and the history of women. Recognizing that scholars from both camps may question the need for this study, Walthall pointedl