Virtuous or Villainess? The image of the royal mother from the early medieval to the early modern era. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Carey Fleiner, Elena Woodacre, editors.
• Editors: Fleiner, Carey, 1965-; Woodacre, Elena
• Contents: Acknowledgments; Contents; Contributors; List of Figures; Introduction; Notes; Part I: Fashioning the Image of the "Good" and "Bad" Royal Mother; Empress Theodora: A Holy Mother; Wife, Mother, and Widow: Visual Images of Theodora from Her Lifetime; Holy Mother: Posthumous Textual Images of Theodora; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; "Mother of Heroes, Most Beautiful of Mothers": Mathilda of Flanders and Royal Motherhood in the Eleventh Century; Notes; Appendix I; Bibliography; Primary Sources; Secondary Sources. A Mother and Her Illustrious Offspring: The Role of Philippa of Lancaster, Queen of Portugal, in Her Children's Education (1387-1415)Philippa's Education in England; Philippa's Role as a Queen, a Wife, and a Mother; Philippa of Lancaster's Offspring: An Anglo-ƯNorman or an Iberian Education?; Notes; Bibliography; Primary Sources; "Greatest in Her Offspring": Motherhood and the Empress Matilda; Notes; Bibliography; Maternal Abandonment and Surrogate Caregivers: Isabella of Angoulême and Her Children by King John; Notes; Bibliography; Manuscript Sources; Printed Primary Sources. Secondary SourcesThe Perils of Promotion: Maternal Ambition and Sacrifice in the Life of Joan of Navarre, Duchess of Brittany, and Queen of England; Fulfilling Maternal Expectations as Duchess of Brittany; Ambition or Sacrifice? Joan's Decision to Leave Brittany for England; The Impact of Abandonment: Joan's Children in England; Evaluating Joan as a Royal Stepmother; Conclusions: Evaluating Joan's Maternal Career; Notes; Bibliography; Electronic Sources; Part II: The Legacy and Reputation of Royal Mothers-from Their Contemporaries to the Present Day. "Margaret R": Lady Margaret Beaufort's Self-fashioning and Female Ambition1Motherhood; Ambition; Conclusions: Virtuous or Villainous?; Notes; Bibliography; Manuscripts; Printed Sources; Secondary; Playing the Catalan: The Rise of the Chess Queen; Queenship and Political Motherhood in Late Medieval Aragon and France; Enter the Queen; Exit the King; Violant of Bar: Queen (Mother)'s Gambit Declined; "Absent" the Kings; Yolande of Aragon: Queen's Gambit Accepted; Concluding Remarks; Notes; Bibliography; Primary Sources; Secondary Sources. Outlander, Baby Killer, Poisoner? Rethinking Bona Sforza's Black LegendThe Genesis; The Afterlife; Notes; Bibliography; Archival Sources; Other Sources; Secondary Literature; The Empress Matilda and Motherhood in Popular Fiction, 1970s to the Present; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
• Publisher Details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 321/.609; History; Queens -- Europe -- History -- Case studies; Mother and child -- Europe -- History -- Case studies; Motherhood -- Europe -- History -- Case studies; Motherhood in popular culture -- Europe -- Case studies; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General; Mother and child; Motherhood; Motherhood in popular culture; Queens; History -- Social History; Social Science -- Gender Studies; Social & cultural history; Gender studies, gender groups; Social history; Sociology; History -- Europe -- General; European history; Europe; Electronic books; Case studies; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137513151; 1137513152; 1137513144; 9781137513144
• Related ISBNs: 9781137513144
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 18, 2016).
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