Queenship in the Mediterranean : negotiating the role of the queen in the medieval and early modern eras
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Queenship in the Mediterranean : negotiating the role of the queen in the medieval and early modern eras
（Queenship and power）
Palgrave Macmillan, 2013
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Papers from a conference Kings & Queens: Power, Politics, Patronage and Personalites held at Corsham Court in conjunction with Bath Spa University in April 2012
Includes bibliographical references
Contents of Works
- Women monarchs in the medieval byzantine court: prejudice, disbelief and calumnies / Alexandra Karagianni
- To have and have not: the dower of Joanna Plantagenet, Queen of Sicily (1177-1189) / Colette Bowie
- The many wills of Violante de Aragon as testament to uncertainty in thirteenth-century Castilla-Leon / Melissa R. Katz
- Lost and found: visualizing a medieval queen's destroyed objects and collection / Mariah Proctor-Tiffany
- The political role of a Portuguese Queen in late fourteenth century / Isabel de Pina Baleiras
- Philippa of Lancaster: the memory of a model queen / Ana Rodrigues Oliveira
- Not lost in translation: Aragonese court culture "on tour" (1400-1480) / Zita Rohr
- Queenly time in the reign of Juan II of Castile (1406-1454) / Diana Pelaz Flores
- Princess isabel of portugal : "first lady" in a kingdom without a queen (1415-1428) / Manuela Santos Silva
- Blanca, Queen of Sicily and Queen of Navarre-connecting the Pyrenees and the Mediterranean via an Aragonese alliance / Elena Woodacre
- Consorts of Moroccan sultans; Lalla Khnata Bint Bakkar, "a woman with three kings" / Fatima Rhorchi
- The sovereign and his wife "minister": Charles Emmanuel IV and Marie Clotilde Adelaide Xaviere of France. Interpersonal and political relations between the sovereigns of Sardinia / Federica Contu
- Queenship and family dynamics through the correspondence of the Queen Maria Carolina of Naples / Cinzia Recca
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This groundbreaking collection explores the key roles that Mediterranean queens played as wives, as mothers, and above all as political actors. Ranging from Byzantine empresses to regnants and consorts in the Italian peninsula, they offer a bracing new perspective on queenship in the medieval and Early Modern eras.
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
- Elena Woodacre 2. Women Monarchs in the Medieval Byzantine Court: Prejudice, Disbelief and Calumnies
- Alexandra Karagianni 3. To Have and Have Not: The Dower of Joanna Plantagenet, Queen of Sicily (1177-1189)
- Colette Bowie 4. The Many Wills of Violante de Aragon as Testament to Uncertainty in Thirteenth-Century Castilla-Leon
- Melissa R. Katz 5. Lost and Found: Visualizing a Medieval Queen's Destroyed Objects and Collection
- Mariah Proctor-Tiffany 6. The Political Role of a Portuguese Queen in Late Fourteenth Century
- Isabel de Pina Baleiras 7. Philippa of Lancaster: The Memory of a Model Queen
- Ana Rodrigues Oliveira 8. Not Lost in Translation: Aragonese Court Culture 'on tour' (1400-1480)
- Zita Rohr 9. Queenly Time in the Reign of Juan II of Castile (1406-1454)
- Diana Pelaz Flores 10. Princess Isabel of Portugal : 'First Lady' in a Kingdom without a Queen (1415-1428)
- Manuela Santos Silva 11. Blanca, Queen of Sicily and Queen of Navarre-Connecting the Pyrenees and the Mediterranean via an Aragonese Alliance
- Elena Woodacre 12. Consorts of Moroccan Sultans: Lalla Khnata Bint Bakkar, 'A woman with Three Kings'
- Fatima Rhorchi 13. The Sovereign and His Wife "Minister": Charles Emmanuel IV and Marie Clotilde Adelaide Xaviere of France: Interpersonal and political relations between the sovereigns of Sardinia
- Federica Contu 14. Queenship and Family Dynamics through the Correspondence of the Queen Maria Carolina of Naples
- Cinzia Recca
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