Queen Christina’s coolness
Article outline
- Hot or cool anecdotes
- Frosty receptions and gender transgressions
- Intellectual intersections and cultural practices
- Christina’s Maxims and the art of staying in-between
- The Snow Queen
- Conclusion
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Notes
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Bibliography
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