Queenship, Gender, and Reputation in the Medieval and Early Modern West, 1060-1600

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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This edited collection opens new ways to look at queenship in areas and countries not usually studied and reflects the increasingly interdisciplinary work and geographic range of the field.

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Utgivningsdatum2016-10-17
Mått148 x 210 x 24 mm
Vikt454 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieQueenship and Power
Antal sidor214
Upplaga16001
FörlagSpringer International Publishing AG
ISBN9783319312828

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Introduction: Queenship, Reputation and Gender in the Medieval and Early Modern West 1060-1600 Zita Rohr and Lisa Benz St John.- Part One: Biography, Gossip and History.- 1. Lifestyles of the Rich and (in) Animate: Object Biography and the Reliquary Cross of Queen Adelaide of Hungary Christopher Mielke.- 2. Gender, Reputation, and Female Rule in the World of Brantôme Tracy Adams.- 3. True Lies and Strange Mirrors: the Uses and Abuses of Rumor, Propaganda and Innuendo during the closing stages of the Hundred Years War Zita Rohr.- 4. Etienne Pasquier on French History and Female Strategies of Power James Dahlinger.- Part Two: Politics, Ambition and Scandal.- 5. The Unruly Queen: Blanche of Namur and Dysfunctional Rulership in Medieval Sweden Christine Ekholst with Henric Bagerius.- 6. Conspiracy and Alienation: Queen Margaret of France and Piers Gaveston, the King's Favorite Lisa Benz.- 7. Isabeau of Bavaria, Queen of France: Queenship and Political Authority as ‘Lieutenante-Générale’ of the Realm Rachel C. Gibbons.- 8. Leonor of Navarre: The Price of Ambition Elena Woodacre.