Queenship in Medieval Europe

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Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2013
Tongue: English
Leaves: 369
Series: Queenship and Power
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Contents
List of Illustrative Material
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Not Partial, Prejudiced or Ignorant: The Study of Queens and Queenship in Medieval Europe
The geographic contours of European queenship
The temporal boundaries of medieval queenship
Sources and methods
Theoretical frameworks
Organization of the book
A note on place names, translations and proper names
1 Theme and Variations: Roman, Barbarian and Christian Societies in the Fashioning of Medieval Queenship, c. 300–700
Eastern Roman Empire and early Byzantine Empire
Frankish and Merovingian realms
Early medieval Britain and Ireland
The Iberian Peninsula and Italy
Conclusions
For further research
2 Legitimizing the King's Wife and Bed-Companion, c. 700–1100
The Byzantine Empire
The Carolingian Empire
Saxon and Ottonian empresses
Early Capetian France
England, Scotland and Wales
Christian Iberia
Eastern Europe, Scandinavia and Kievan Rus'
Conclusions
For further research
3 'The Link of Conjugal Troth': Queenship as Family Practice, c. 1100–1350
England and Scotland
France
The Iberian Kingdoms: LeÛn, Castile, the Crown of Aragon and Portugal
The Mediterranean: the Byzantine Empire, Latin Crusader kingdoms and Italy
The Empire, central and northern Europe
Conclusions
For further research
4 Queenship in a Crisis of Monarchy, c. 1350–1500
A woman writing about queens: Christine de Pizan and medieval political theory
France
England
Scotland
Iberia: Castile, the Crown of Aragon and Portugal
The Empire, Hungary, Poland and Scandinavia
Conclusions
For further research
5 The Transformation of Queenship from Medieval to Early Modern Europe
Notes
For Further Reading
Bibliography
Index

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