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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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