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A Study on the Political power of a Queen from Yuan -focusing on King Chung-ryol’s wife, Princess Je-guk-dae-jang-

  • The Review of Korean History
  • 2005, (77), pp.33-63
  • Publisher : The Historical Society Of Korea
  • Research Area : Humanities > History

권순형 1

1한경대

Candidate

ABSTRACT

This study tried to find out the womon’s political power in Koryo dynasty. So specially this article analysed the political participation of king Chung-ryol(忠烈)’s wife, princess Je-guk-dae-jang(齊國大長公主). As for a preliminary step this study looked into the grounds of marriage conclusion between Koryo and Yuan. The next chapter, this article examined the change of Hu-bi-je(后妃制) in Koryu. Early period in Koryo a king gained many wives[polygyny] but the latter term monogamy were prevalent in royal familly. A queen come from Yuan became the only king’s legal wife(嫡妻) and she possessed the higher status than the other royal harems. Finally this study looked into the political participation of king Chung-ryol’s wife. Princess Je- guk-dae-jang(齊國大長公主) was the most fervor politician of all queens in Koryo dynasty. She was benefited of her interest in politics, the permission of king(her husband) and the influence of her maiden home. So she engaged in many political activities. But there was a limit. Her political activities only remained in wife’s assistance and remonstrances. In this point of view she wasn’t beyond woman’s limitation in pre-modern period.

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