Early Modern Diplomacy<p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/emdiplomat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emdiplomat</span></a> of the day: Renée du Bec-Crespin (ca. 1614-1659) </p><p>Renée du Bec-Crespin descended from an old noble family in <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Normandy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Normandy</span></a>. In 1632 she married Jean-Baptiste de Guébriand, the later Marshal of France. Like many other <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/earlyModern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>earlyModern</span></a> married couples, the Guébriands formed a working couple, a term established by German historian Heide Wunder. Despite distinct gendered roles, norms and duties within a household, married couples complemented each other and worked together. However, a wife’s activities and scope of action could usually be characterised as more informal as her husbands. </p><p>This was not the case with Renée Du Bec-Crespin who from 1638 officially was authorized to conduct his husband’s businesses, act as a representative for his interests at the <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/court" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>court</span></a> of <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a>, maintain relations to ministers as well as to take the role of the financial manager of his troops. (1/3)</p><p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>histodons</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/emdiplomacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emdiplomacy</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/AdventCalendar2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdventCalendar2024</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/earlymodern" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>earlymodern</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/historikerinnen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>historikerinnen</span></a></span></p>