This book examines the power held by the French medieval queens during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries and their larger roles within the kingdom at a time when women were excluded from succession to the throne.
Murielle Gaude-Ferragu is University Professor of History at the Université Paris-13, Sorbonne-Paris-Cité, France. Angela Krieger, PhD, is a translator and editor based in Paris, France.
Innehållsförteckning
Introduction.- Part I ACCEDING TO ROYAL DIGNITY.- Marrying the King.- Marrying the Monarchy: The Queen's Coronation.- Bearing the Blood of France.- Part II A WOMAN IN POLITICS: THE POWER OF THE QUEEN.- The 'Profession' of Queen.- The 'Government of Women': Delegating Power and Regency.- The 'Queen of Ceremonies'.- Part III THE SYMBOLIC GOVERNMENT.- Courtly Society: The Queen in her Hôtel.- The Road to Eternity: Devotions and the Divine.- The Queen's Treasury: Art, Literature and Power.- Conclusion