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Author(s) | Source Type | Publication Title | Publication Details | Monarch/Figure | Keywords | Period(s) | Place(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gibbs, G. | Chapter | "The Queen�s Easter Pardons, 1554: Ancient Customs and the Gift of Thucydides." | In The Birth of a Queen: Essays on the Quincentenary of Mary I, eds. Sarah Duncan and Valerie Schutte, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. | Mary I of England; references to Chares V, Holy Roman Emperor; Elizabeth I of England; Catherine of Aragon; and others | queenship, female power, religious acts, diplomacy, foreign relations, gift exchange, political culture, female behaviours, attitudes about women | Early Modern | England |
Gibson, Jonathan. | Chapter | "'Dedans la plie de mon fidelle affection': Familiarity and Materiality in Elizabeth�s Letters to Anjou." | In Elizabeth I's Foreign Correspondence Letters, Rhetoric, and Politics, eds. Carlo M. Bajetta, Guillaume Coatalen, and Jonathan Gibson, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. | Elizabeth I of England; references to Francis, Duke of Anjou; Catherine de Medici; and others | queenship, female power, correspondence/epistolary culture, diplomacy, foreign relations, holograph, materiality, rhetoric of friendship, personal feelings | Early Modern | England |
Gillingham, John B. | Chapter | "Events and Opinions: Norman and English Views of Aquitaine, c.1152-c.1204." | In The World of Eleanor of Aquitaine: Literature and Society in Southern France between the Eleventh and Thirteenth Centuries, eds. Marcus Bull and Catherine L�glu. Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2005. | Eleanor of Aquitaine; references to Henry II of England | monarchy/rulership, regional politics/dissent, medieval historians/chroniclers, representations, marriage | Medieval | England/France |
Girolami Cheney, Liana. | Chapter | "Caterina Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus." | In The Emblematic Queen Extra-Literary Representations of Early Modern Queenship, ed. Debra Barrett-Graves, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. | Caterina Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus; references to James II of Cyprus; John II of Cyprus; and others | queenship, female power, marriage, trade, diplomacy, foreign relations, commercial/political power, succession, literary & visual representation/depictions | Early Modern | Cyprus/Mediterranean |
Giurato, Rocco. | Article | L’invenzione di un emblema. Simbolismo e legittimazione del potere politico nel regno di Enrico VII Tudor (1485-1509) | Le Carte e la Storia, n. 2, 2019, pp. 41-50 | Henry VII of England | legitimation of power; political semiology; Tudor constitution; state formation; Tudor kingship | Medieval/Early Modern | England |
Giustinian, Sebastian; R. Brown, ed. and trans. | Source Book | Four Years at the Court of Henry VIII: Selection of Despatches Written by the Venetian Ambassador, Sebastian Giustinian, and Addressed to the Signory of Venice, January 12th, 1515, to July 26th, 1519. | Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013. | Henry VIII of England | kingship/court culture | Early Modern | England |
Glyn, Elizabeth L. | Thesis | �Negotiating Queenship from Malory to Shakespeare.� | PhD Thesis, King�s College London, 2015. | UNAVAILABLE | UNAVAILABLE | Early Modern | Europe |
Gold, Claudia. | Monograph | Queen, Empress, Concubine: Fifty Women Rulers from the Queen of Sheba to Catherine the Great. | London: Quercus, 2008. | UNAVAILABLE | UNAVAILABLE | Medieval/Early Modern/Modern | Global |
Goldberg, P.J.P. | Chapter | "Pigs and Prostitutes: Streetwalking in Comparative Perspective." | In Young Medieval Women, eds. Katherine J. Lewis, No�l James Menuge and Kim M. Phillips, New York: St. Martin�s Press, 1999. | N/A | royal court, prostitution, laws/ordinances, symbolism/imagery, female behaviour, single women, sexuality, nature of women, gender/gender roles, religious authorities | Medieval | Europe |
Goldring, Elizabeth. | Chapter | "Portraiture, Patronage, and the Progresses Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, and the Kenilworth Festivities of 1575." | In The Progresses, Pageants, and Entertainments of Queen Elizabeth I, eds. Jayne Elisabeth Archer, Elizabeth Goldring, and Sarah Knight, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. | Elizabeth I of England; references to Philip II of Spain; and others | queenship, female power, portraiture, patronage, royal progresses, political & court culture, pageants/entertainments, public display, visual culture, political & personal agenda/aims | Early Modern | England |
Goldstone, Nancy. | Monograph | The Lady Queen: The Notorious Reign of Joanna I, Queen of Naples, Jerusalem and Scicily. | New York: Walker and Company, 2009. | Joanna I of Sicily | queenship, female power, reputation, political & matrimonial alliance, military leadership, scandal, political & court culture, assassination, murder, biography | Medieval | Italy |
Goldstone, Nancy. | Monograph | Four Queens: The Provencal Sisters Who Ruled Europe. | London: Penguin Books, 2007. | Marguerite (Margaret) of Provence, Queen of France; Eleanor of Provence, Queen of England; Sanchia of Provence, Queen of the Romans; Beatrice of Provence, Queen of Sicily; and others | queenship, female power, familial bonds/relations, alliance, political aspirations, biography | Medieval | Europe |
Goldstone, Nancy. | Monograph | The Rival Queens: Catherine de' Medici, Her Daughter Marguerite de Valois, and the Betrayal That Ignited a Kingdom. | London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2016. | Catherine de Medici; Marguerite de Valois | queenship, female power, familial bonds/relations, religious conflict, political & court culture, mother/daughter dynamics | Early Modern | France |
Goldstone, Nancy. | Monograph | Daughters of the Winter Queen: Four Remarkable Sisters and the Enduring Legacy of Mary, Queen of Scots. | London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2018. | Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia; Elisabeth of the Palatine (Princess-Abbess of Herford Abbey); Louise Hollandine (Abbess of Maubuisson); Henriette Marie of the Palatine; Sophia of Hanover; Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots; and others | queenship, female power, royal children, marriage/marriage negotiations, foreign relations, diplomacy, biography | Early Modern | England/Europe |
Goldy, C., and A. Livingstone. | Edited Collection | Writing Medieval Women�s Lives. | Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. | Anastasia Iaroslavna of Hungary; Anna Iaroslavna of France; Blanca of Navarre; Catalina of Castile; Catalina of Lancaster; Eleanor of Aquitaine; Eleanor of Castile; Eleanor of England; Emma of Altdorf, Queen of East Francia; Evparksia Vsevolodovna, Empress of Germany; Isabel I of Castile; Isabelle (Isabella/Elizabeth) of England, Holy Roman Empress; Leonor of Albuquerque; Maria of Castile, Queen of Aragon; Sanxia of Naples; Sophia of Hungary; and others | female power, literary representations/depictions, female saints, nuns, convents, marriage, gender roles, political culture, friendship, political influence/participation, dowries, female/family networks, correspondence/epistolary culture, letter writing, religious politics/conflict, devotion/piety, patronage, mother/motherhood, regency, widows | Medieval | Europe |
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