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Author(s)
Source Type
Publication Title
Publication Details
Monarch/Figure
Keywords
Period(s)
Place(s)
Abell�n, Jos� Luis.
Chapter
"Isabel and the Idea of America."
In Isabel la Cat�lica, Queen of Castile: Critical Essays, ed. David Boruchoff, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.
Isabel I of Castile
missionary, conversion
Medieval/Early Modern
Spain
Abulafia, David.
Chapter
"Ferdinand the Catholic: King and Consort."
In The Man Behind the Queen: Male Consorts in History, eds. Charles Beem and Miles Taylor, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Ferdinand the Catholic (Ferdinand II); Isabella of Castile; Juana (Joanna) of Castile; and others
kingship, consort, global exploration, religious uniformity, widowhood, political participation, marital relations
Medieval/Early Modern
Spain
Adair, Penelope Ann.
Chapter
"Constance of Arles: A Study in Duty and Frustration."
In Capetian Women, ed. Kathleen Nolan, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.
Constance of Arles; Robert II of France
queenship, female power, public attitudes, royal authority, patronage, wealth, marriage/marital relations, mother/motherhood, religious politics/authorities, political & court culture
Medieval
France
Adair, Penelope.
Chapter
"Countess Clemence: Her Power and its Foundation."
In Queens, Regents and Potentates, ed. Theresa M. Vann, Cambridge: Crampton and Sons Ltd, 1993.
Countess Clemence
female power, familial networks
Medieval
Flanders
Adams, No�l John Cherry and James Robinson, eds.
Edited Collection
Good Impressions: Image and Authority in Medieval Seals.
London: British Museum, 2008.
Various monarchs
visual imagery, textual representations, seals
Medieval
Europe (Sweden, Denmark, Italy, England)
Adams, Simon.
Chapter
"The Patronage of the Crown in Elizabethan Politics: The 1590s in Perspective."
In The Reign of Elizabeth I: Court and Culture in the Last Decade, ed. John Guy, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995.
Elizabeth I of England; references to James VI/I of Scotland/England; Henry VIII of England; and others
queenship, female power, patronage, political & court culture, royal authority, court politics, patronage, factions, influence, nobility/noble families
Early Modern
England
Adams, Tracy and Glenn Rechtschaffen.
Article
"The Reputation of the Queen and Public Opinion: The Case of Isabeau of Bavaria."
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality, 47:1, 2011, pp. 5-31.
Isabeau of Bavaria
reputation, propaganda, public opinion
Medieval
France
Adams, Tracy.
Chapter
"Love as metaphor in Christine de Pizan's Ballade cycles."
In Christine de Pizan: A Casebook, eds. Barbara K. Altmann and Deborah L. McGrady. London: Routledge, 2003.
Christine de Pizan
personal narrative, poetry, gender
Medieval
Italy/France
Adams, Tracy.
Chapter
"Gender, Reputation, and Female Rule in the World of Brant�me."
In Queenship, Gender, and Reputation in the Medieval and Early Modern West, 1060-1600, eds. Zita Eva Rohr and Lisa Benz, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Anne of Brittany; Anne of France; Louise of Savoy; Charles VIII of France; Louis XII of France; and others
queenship, female power, literary representation/depictions, chronicles/narrative accounts, oral traditions, female political authority/governance, reputation/characterisations
Medieval/Early Modern
France
Adams, Tracy.
Chapter
"Notions of Late Medieval Queenship: Christine de Pizan's Isabeau of Bavaria."
In The Rule of Women in Early Modern Europe, eds. Anne J. Cruz and Mihoko Suzuki, Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2009.
Christine de Pizan; Isabeau of Bavaria; references to Charles IV of France; Henry VI of England; Joan of Arc; Charles VIII of France; and others
queenship, literary representation/depictions, reputation, scholarship, political influence/participation, imagery, historical narratives
Medieval
France
Adams, Tracy.
Monograph
The Life and Afterlife of Isabeau of Bavaria.
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010.
Isabeau of Bavaria
queenship, reputation, memory, literary depictions
Medieval
France
Adams, Tracy.
Article
"Christine de Pizan, Isabeau of Bavaria, and Female Regency."
French Historical Studies, 32:1, 2009, pp. 1�32.
Isabeau of Bavaria/Christine de Pizan
female regency, royal authority, literary depictions
Medieval
France
Adamson, John.
Edited Collection
Princely Courts of Europe, 1500-1750.
London: Weidenfield and Nicholson, 1999.
Various monarchs
court & political culture, royal palaces, patronage, diplomacy
Early Modern
Europe
Akerman, Susanna.
Chapter
"On the Impossibility of Abdicating: Queen Christina of Sweden and the Spiritual Crown."
In Women and Sovereignty, ed. Louise Olga Fradenburg, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1992.
Christina of Sweden; Charles II of England; Oliver Cromwell; Charles Gustavus of Sweden; and others
queenship, female power, abdication, conversion, religious image/devotion, political participation, exile, sovereignty, femininity, literary representation/depictions
Early Modern
Sweden
Akkerman, Nadine, and Birgit Houben.
Edited Collection
The Politics of Female Households: Ladies-in-Waiting across Early Modern Europe.
Leiden: Brill, 2014.
Anna of Denmark; Elizabeth I of England; Mary I of England; Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress; Catherine de Medici; Anne of Austria; Henrietta Maria; Katarina Jagellonica; Charles I of England; Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor; Elizabeth of Bourbon; Elizabeth Stuart of Bohemia; Henry VIII; Isabella Clara Eugenia of Austria; Juana of Austria; Louis XIII of France; Louis XIV of France; Margaret of Austria; Marie de Medici; and others
queenship, female agency, royal household, court culture, ladies-in-waiting, female servants/courtiers, access/accessibility, diplomacy, bedchamber, privy chamber, gender roles, political influence/participation, dwarfs, religious politics, patronage, favourite, political/religious/familial/female networks, friendship, public/private roles, structure
Early Modern
Europe
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