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

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-10-17
Mått:148 x 210 x 24 mm
Vikt:454 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Queenship and Power
Antal sidor:214
Upplaga:16001
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783319312828

Utforska kategorier

Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Medeltiden inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Zita Eva Rohr is a Research Associate and Tutor attached to the Department of History at the University of Sydney, Australia. Lisa Benz completed her PhD in history at the University of York, UK She is the author of Three Medieval Queens: Queenship and the Crown in Fourteenth-Century England (Palgrave, 2012).

Innehållsförteckning

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.