Silence in the Queen’s House Authors María del Carmen Simón Palmer Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) Keywords: rules of etiquette, silence, women, Queen’s House, marriage, conversation Abstract Strict rules of etiquette were imposed by the Queen’s House during the reign of the Austrias. These rules entailed submissiveness for all women, from the Queen to her maids. Nevertheless, writings from this period have depicted a false image of contentment, of women who attend endless celebrations and parties, although a closer reading reveals that women were merely adornments. The feeling of helplessness when arriving to an unknown country; the fear of maternity accompanied by an imprisoned life, with an inability to leave the Alcazar; established norms for having a conversation with gentlemen, and whichever gesture made by the residents of the Queen’s House; or marriages of convenience turn them into a prototype of silenced women. Downloads PDF (Català) Published 2010-07-21 Issue No. 13 (2007): Mujer y silencio. Jeanne Hersch Section Dossier License The Author retains ownership of the copyright in this article, unless the opposite is expressed, and all rights not expressly granted in this agreement, including the nonexclusive right to reproduce, distribute, perform, and display the article in print or electronic form, and grants, Lectora: revista de dones i textualitat the exclusive rights to print publication of the Article for a period beginning when this Agreement is executed and ending twelve (12) months after the first publicaton of the work in this Journal. After this time, the work will be available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works license, by which the article must be credited to the Author and the Journal be credited as first place of publication. Beginning twelve (12) months after the article´s first publication, the Author is free to enter in seperate, additional contractual agreements for the non-exclusive distribution of the work as published in this journal. The Author is encouraged to post the work online (eg in institutional or subject repositories, or on their website) after the exclusivity period of twelve (12) months has expired, as it can lead to productive exchanges as well as a greater citation of the published work (see The Effect of Open Access).
