Queenship, gender, and reputation in the medieval and early modern west, 1060-1600. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Zita Eva Rohr, Lisa Benz, editors.
• Editors: Rohr, Zita Eva; Benz, Lisa
• Contents: Dedication; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Figures ; Contributors; Introduction; Notes; Part I: Biography, Gossip and History; Lifestyles of€the€Rich and€(In?)Animate: Object Biography and€the€Reliquary Cross of€Queen Adelaide of€Hungary; The Cross and€Its History; Gems on€the€Adelaide Cross: Reuse and€Meaning(s); Comparison with€Similar Reliquaries; Meaning and€Memory in€Medieval Period; Conclusion; Notes; Appendix I; I.€In€the€Upper Part; II.€In€the€Right Arm of€the€Cross; III.€In€the€Left Arm of€the€Cross; IV.€In€the€Lower Part. Gender, Reputation, and€Female Rule in€the€World of€BrantômeBrantôme as€Historian; Anne of€Brittany and€Anne of€France: Jealous Rivals?; Anne of€France: In€Praise of€Marriage; Notes; True Lies and€Strange Mirrors: The€Uses and€Abuses of€Rumor, Propaganda, and€Innuendo During the€Closing Stages of€the€Hundred Years War; Notes; Etienne Pasquier on€French History and€Female Strategies of€Power; Notes; Part II: Politics, Ambition and Scandal; The Unruly Queen: Blanche of€Namur€and€Dysfunctional Rulership in€Medieval€Sweden; Introduction; Queenship; A Royal Equilibrium; Sexual Slander. The Rejected QueenThe Unruly Queen and€the€Weak King; Notes; Conspiracy and€Alienation: Queen Margaret of€France and€Piers Gaveston, the€King's Favorite; Appendix: Timeline: July 1307-March 1310; Notes; Isabeau of€Bavaria, Queen of€France: Queenship and€Political Authority as€"Lieutenante-Général" of€the€Realm; Notes; Leonor of€Navarre: The€Price of€Ambition; Leonor in€the€Historical Record; Evaluating Leonor's Rule and€Reputation in€the€Works of€Later Authors; Conclusions: Reality versus Reputation; Notes; Bibliography; Unpublished Primary Sources; Published Primary Sources.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer International Publishing
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (249 pages)
• Subjects: 900; History; Queens -- Europe -- History -- To 1500; Monarchy -- Europe -- History -- To 1500; HISTORY -- Civilization; HISTORY -- Essays; HISTORY -- Reference; HISTORY -- Social History; Monarchy; Queens; History -- Europe -- General; Social Science -- Gender Studies; European history; Gender studies, gender groups; Social history; Sociology; Social & cultural history; Europe; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319312835; 3319312839
• Related ISBNs: 9783319312835; 3319312839; 3319312820; 9783319312828
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 20, 2016).
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