Archaeology and Material Culture of Queenship in Medieval Hungary, 1000–1395

Christopher Mielke is Executive Director of the Beverly Heritage Center in West Virginia, USA. From 2017–2018, he was a Visiting Assistant Professor at Al-Quds Bard College for Arts and Sciences in East Jerusalem. He received his PhD in Medieval Studies from Central European University in 2017.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. The Beginnings of the Hungarian ‘queendom’ (c. 1000-1090).- 3. Stones and bones and the queens of the twelfth century (1097-1193).- 4. The “office” of the queen begins (1172-1233).- 5. The second foundresses (1235-1295).- 6. Long widowhoods (1296-1380).- 7. Regent and Regnant (1370-1395).- 8. Conclusions.

“Mielke’s work demonstrates that material sources, from coins to funerary monuments, can inform scholars about the ways in which royal women displayed their political and religious authority that transcend the written record.” (Jessica L. Mineri, Royal Studies Journal, Vol. 9 (1), 2022)