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Author(s) | Source Type | Publication Title | Publication Details | Monarch/Figure | Keywords | Period(s) | Place(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brown, Elizabeth A. R. | Chapter | "Diplomacy, Adultery and Domestic Politics at the Court of Philip the Fair: Queen Isabelle's Mission to France in 1314." | In Documenting the Past, eds. J.S Hamilton and Patricia Bradley, Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 1989. | Philip IV of France (Philip the Fair); Isabelle (Isabella) of France | queenship, court culture, diplomatic mission, political culture, sexuality, adultery | Medieval | France/England |
Brown, Elizabeth A. R. | Article | "Royal Marriage, Royal Property and the Patrimony of the Crown: Inalienability and the Prerogative in Fourteenth Century France." | Humanities Working Paper, 70, 1982, pp. 1-78. | Philip V of France; references to Clementia of Hungary; Louis X of Fance; Jeanne of Navarre; and others | kingship/queenship, monarchy, royal family, marriage alliances, gift exchange, public/private persona, property, patrimony/crown possessions, royal prerogative, legal customs, gender roles, dowries | Medieval | France |
Brown, Elizabeth A.R. | Chapter | "Eleanor of Aquitaine: Parent, Queen, and Duchess." | In Eleanor of Aquitaine: Patron and Politician, ed. William W. Kibler, Austin: University of Texas Press, 1976. | Eleanor of Aquitaine | queenship, persona/reputation, motherhood, politician/political influence, representation, female power | Medieval | England/France |
Brown, Elizabeth A.R. | Chapter | "Order and Disorder in the Life and Death of Anne de Bretagne." | In The Cultural and Political Legacy of Anne de Bretagne: Negotiating Convention in Books and Documents, ed. Cynthia J. Brown, Woodbridge: Boydell & Brewer, 2010. | Anne de Bretagne (Anne of Brittany), Charles VIII of France; and others | queenship, reputation/persona, virtues, marriage, political authority, ineffective leadership, male heir, ceremony, funeral, coronation, memorial | Early Modern | France |
Brown-Grant, R. | Monograph | Christine de Pizan and the Moral Defense of Women: Reading Beyond Gender. | Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. | Christine de Pizan, references to Charles V of France, Charles VI of France, Isabella of France, Joanna of Sicily, Margaret of Austria | female power, equality, gender roles, sexuality, literary depictions, literary criticisms, saints/mythology | Medieval | Europe |
Brown-Grant, Rosalind. | Chapter | "Christine de Pizan as a Defender of Women." | In Christine de Pizan: A Casebook, eds. Barbara K. Altmann and Deborah L. McGrady. London: Routledge, 2003. | Christine de Pizan | female power, misogyny, gender roles, sexuality, literary depictions, literary criticisms | Medieval | Europe |
Browning, R. | Monograph | Justinian and Theodora. | New York: Praeger, 1971. | Justinian I; Theodora | kingship/queenship, imperialism, reputation/persona, conquest/war, religious policies, female power, political influence | Ancient | Italy/Mediterranean |
Brubaker, Leslie and Julia M. H. Smith, eds. | Edited Collection | Gender in the Early Medieval World: East and West, 300�900. | Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. | Justinian I; Theodora | gender roles, sexuality, politics, religion, patronage, genealogy, harem, fashion/appreance | Medieval | Italy/Mediterranean |
Brubaker, Leslie. | Chapter | "Sex, Lies and Textuality: The Secret History of Prokopios and the Rhetoric of Gender in Sixth-Century Byzantium." | In Gender in the Early Medieval World: East and West, 300�900, eds. Leslie Brubaker and Julia M. H. Smith. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. | Theodora; Justinian I; | female power, matron, construction of gender, imperialism, political culture, panegyric | Medieval | Italy/Mediterranean |
Brundage, James A. | Monograph | Law, Sex, and Christian Society in Medieval Europe. | Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987. | Eleanor of Aquitaine; Joan Plantagenet; Philip I of France; Peter I of Cyprus; Matilda of Tuscany; Louise VII of France; Louis the Pious; Leopold VI of Austria; Justinian I; William I of England (William the Conqueror); Violant of Hungary; Valentinian II, Holy Roman Emperor; Valentinian III, Holy Roman Emperor; Theodosius II; Theodora; Queen Teutberga; Richard I of England (Richard the Lionheart); Richard II of England; and others | morality//theological values, sexual behaviours, law/legal customs, widows, nature of women, | Medieval | Europe |
Brundage, James A. | Chapter | "The Canon Law of Divorce in the Mid-Twelfth Century: Louis VII c. Eleanor of Aquitaine." | In Eleanor of Aquitaine: Lord and Lady, eds. Bonnie Wheeler and John C. Parsons, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. | Eleanor of Aquitaine; Louis VII of France | queenship, marriage, divorce, church law, consanguinity | Medieval | England/France |
Bryant, Lawrence M. | Chapter | "Making History: Ceremonial Texts, Royal Space, and Political Theory in the Sixteenth Century." | In Changing Identities in Early Modern France, ed. Michael Wolfe, Durham: Duke University Press, 1997. | Louis XII of France; Charlemagne; Clovis I; Charles VIII of France; Louis XI of France; Charles VII of France; Henry VIII of England; Francis I of France; Catherine de Medici; Charles IX of France; and others | institution of monarchy, political culture/theatre, ceremony, rituals, court culture, chronicles, traditions/customs, print culture, spectacles, honour, behaviours, sociability, royal family | Early Modern | France |
Bryant, Mark. | Chapter | "Partner, Matriarch, and Minister: Mme de Maintenon of France, Clandestine Consort, 1680-1715." | In Queenship in Europe, 1660-1815: The Role of Consort, ed. Clarissa Campbell Orr, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. | Louis XIV of France; Francoise d' Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon; references to Anne of Austria, Marie-Therese, Marie-Anne-Christine of Bavaria; | female power, consorts, ancien regime, marriage, court culture/position, mistress, stateswoman, religious devotion/piety, counsel | Early Modern/Modern | Europe |
Bryson, David. | Article | "The Vallant Letters of Jeanne D'Albret: Fact or Forgery?" | French History, 13, 1991, pp. 161-181. | Jeanne d'Albret, (Jeanne III) Queen of Navarre; Jean Vallant; references to Henry III/IV of Navarre/France; Marguerite de Navarre; Catherine de Medici; Charles IX of France; and others | female power, epistolary culture, manuscripts, political influence, authentication/provenance, court culture, religious reform, representation/persona | Early Modern | France |
Buccola, Regina. | Chapter | "After Lives." | In Scholars and Poets Talk About Queens, eds. Carole Levin and Christine Stewart-Nunez, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. | Margaret of Anjou | queenship, female power, poem, depictions/representation | Medieval | England |
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