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Memoirs as Dynastic Means of Legitimization: Duchess Sophie of Hannover
- Biography
- University of Hawai'i Press
- Volume 27, Number 3, Summer 2004
- pp. 495-516
- 10.1353/bio.2004.0059
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The memoirs of Duchess Sophie of Hannover exemplify female life writing in the seventeenth century. By no means merely a collection of anecdotes, her self-narrative is used by the duchess to foster the glory and reputation of the Dynasty of the Welfen, and to secure her place and role within that dynasty.