What big history says about how royal women exercise power
In 14 premodern states, the royal women of eight societies exerted power in at least four ways: they influenced policy; they influenced the behaviour of those both above and below them in rank; they acted as go-betweens; and they patronised clients. Here is a summary of the Santa Fe Institute’s political anthropologist Paula Sabloff’s new paper on how royal women exerted power throughout history.
