Forgotten Queens in Medieval and Early Modern Europe: Political Agency, Myth-Making, and Patronage

✍ Scribed by Estelle Paranque, Valerie Schutte

• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 213
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of figures
Acknowledgements
List of contributors
1. Introduction
Notes
References
2. The power of the mythological past: Reader response to Queen Gwendolen and the thirty-three daughters of King Dioclesian in English histories
Reading the past
Historical context: the Elizabethan and Jacobean significance
Conclusion: fading from history
Notes
References
3. Becoming Anglo-Norman: The women of the House of Wessex in the century after the Norman Conquest
Dramatis personae
Notes
References
4. Berengaria of Navarre and Joanna of Sicily as crusading queens: Manipulation, reputation, and agency
Ambroise, Ibn-al’Athi r, and Richard de Templo
Bride and widow: life-cycle events in medieval chronicles
Hostages, or opportunities to exercise power?
Childless queens: the loss of their legacies?
Conclusion
Notes
References
5. Power, patronage, and politics: Maria of Navarre, queen of the Crown of Aragon (r. 1338–1347)
The marriage negotiations
Appearance and wealth as part of Maria’s political agency
Piety and patronage
Exercising political power through motherhood
Conclusion
Notes
References
6. Beyond patronage: Richard Jonas’s The Byrth of Mankynde as counsel to Queen Katherine Howard
Katherine Howard’s education and background
Katherine Howard among the six consorts of Henry VIII
Patronage as a means to counsel
Conclusion
Notes
References
7. Katarina Jagiellonica and Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow: Power, piety, and patronage
Monarchy in the Scandinavian kingdoms
The potential role of a queen in Scandinavia
The authoritarian view of a woman’s role
The circumstances of the marriages
Sophie and the Danish court: influence and symbolism
Katarina in Sweden: problems and priorities
Religion and patronage
The queens and their families
Becoming a queen dowager
Conclusion
Notes
References
8. Elisabeth of Austria and Marie-Elisabeth of France: Represented and remembered
Elisabeth: the perfect match
Praise for the two princesses at the evil French court
The widow and the orphan: forgotten but loved?
Conclusion
Notes
References
9. Catherine of Braganza’s relationship with her Catholic household
A foreign queen
Anti-Catholic sentiment in English culture and politics
Catherine’s household and the threat of recusancy
Conclusion
Notes
References
10. Queenly afterimages: The visual and historical legacy of Marie Leszczinska
Marie Leszczinska as queen of France
History, genre, and gender
Thinking small
Moving pictures
Looking at women looking at Marie Leszczinska
Conclusion
Notes
References
11. The eagle eye of the Habsburg family on the Kingdom of Naples: Lights and shadows of Queen Maria Carolina at court
Learning the Austrian art of ruling
Maria Carolina’s entry into Naples: from consort to queen regnant
Notes
References
Index