In Queens and Power in Medieval and Early Modern England, Carole Levin and Robert Bucholz provide a forum for the underexamined, anomalous reigns of queens in history. These regimes, primarily regarded as interruptions to the ?normal? male monarchy, have been examined largely as isolated cases. This interdisciplinary study of queens throughout history examines their connections to one another, their constituents? perceptions of them, and the fallacies of their historical reputations. The contributors consider historical queens as well as fictional, mythic, and biblical queens and how they were represented in medieval and early modern England. They also give modern readers a glimpse into the early modern worldview, particularly regarding order, hierarchy, rulership, property, biology, and the relationship between the sexes. Considering topics as diverse as how Queen Elizabeth?s unmarried status affected the perception of her as a just and merciful queen to a reevaluation of ?good Queen Anne? as more than just an obese, conventional monarch, this volume encourages readers to reexamine previously held assumptions about the role of female monarchs in early modern history.
Adams, The Life and Afterlife of Isabeau of Bavaria; R. Gibbons, 'Isabeau of Bavaria, Queen of France (1385–1422): The Creation of an Historical Villainess', Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, 6th series, vol.
The essays in this collection-by both newer and well established scholars-demonstrate the range and depth of current research on Iberian queenship, and prompt a re-examination of long-held assumptions about women and the exercise of power ...
Gender and Emotions in Medieval and Early Modern Europe: Destroying Order, Structuring Disorder, 67–88 (Ashford: Ashgate, 2015). Mémoire et instruction de ce que le Seigneur de Montmorin, premier escuyer de la royne, aura a faire allant ...
This book explores the gender politics of the reign of Mary I of England from her coronation to her funeral and examines the ways in which the queen and her supporters used language, royal ceremonies, and images to bolster her right to rule ...
Beem, The Lioness Roared, 3–4; Katherine Lewis, Kingship and Medieval Masculinity in Late Medieval England (New ... in Late Medieval Europe (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002); Derek G. Neal, The Masculine Self in ...
These women do not just triumph over men but specifically men visually associated with Russia. ... English Writing (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001); Daryl W. Palmer, Writing Russia in the Age of Shakespeare (Burlington, ...
Their status as queen offered them the opportunity to exercise authority in a manner that was denied to other women of the time. This book offers a new study of these nine queens and their queenship in late medieval England.
C. Favre, L. Lecestre Paris, 1889, t. 2, 313-317 cited by Philippe Contamine, 'Yolande d'Aragon et Jeanne d'Arc: l'improbable rencontre de deux parcours politiques' in Femmes de Pouvoir, femmes politiques durant les derniers siècles du ...
This was a turbulent and brutal age, despite its chivalric color and ethos, and it stands as a vivid backdrop to the extraordinary stories of these queens’ lives.
By attending to eyewitness reports, poetry, portraiture, and discourses on beauty and cosmetics, this book shows how the portrayals of the queen s face register her contemporaries hopes, fears, hatreds, mockeries, rivalries, and awe.