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Author(s)
Source Type
Publication Title
Publication Details
Monarch/Figure
Keywords
Period(s)
Place(s)
Ingrao, Charles W. and Andrew L. Thomas.
Chapter
"Piety and Power: The Empress-Consort of the High Baroque."
In Queenship in Europe, 1660-1815: The Role of Consort, ed. Clarissa Campbell Orr, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Eleanore of Pfalz-Neuburg; Wilhelmine Amalia of Braunschweig-Luneburg; Christine of Baunschweig-Wolfenbuttel; references to Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor; Francis II of France; Maria Theresa; Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor; Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor; Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor; and others
queenship, female power, consort, court culture, dynastic politics/ambitions, religious influence, political influence/roles, sexuality, motherhood, representation/reputation
Early Modern
Austria/Germany
Inomata, Takeshi.
Chapter
"Women in Classic Maya Royal Courts."
In Servants of the Dynasty: Palace Women in World History, ed. Anne Walthall, California: University of California Press, 2008.
References to Chan Muwaan, Itzamnaaj B'alam II, K'ab'al Xook, Sak B'iyaanPakal, Wak Jalam Chan Ajaw, Bird Jaguar, and others
female power, royal court/court culture, female participation/roles, political culture, royal household, gendered bodies, physical spaces, festivals/ceremony/rituals, imagery/representation
Ancient/Medieval
Guatemala/South America
Isaacs, Ann Katherine., ed.
Monograph
Political Systems and Definitions of Gender Roles.
Pisa: Edizioni Plus-Universit� di Pisa, 2001.
UNAVAILABLE
queenship, female power, power structures/systems, political influence/participation, gender roles/relations, literary influence, women's writing, literary & visual representation/depictions, sexuality
Modern
Europe
Ishikawa, Chiyo.
Chapter
"La Llave de palo: Isabel la Catolica as Patron of Religious Literature and Painting."
In Isabel la Cat�lica, Queen of Castile: Critical Essays, ed. David Boruchoff, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.
Isabella I of Castile (Isabel la Catolica)
queenship, female power, patronage, religious devotion, religious literature, art/imagery, paintings, literary & visual representation/depictions
Early Modern
Spain/Europe
Ishikawa, Chiyo.
Chapter
"Hernando de Talavera and Isabelline Imagery."
In Queen Isabel I of Castile: Power, Patronage, Persona, ed. Barbara Weissberger, Woodbridge: Tamesis, 2008.
Isabel I of Castile
queenship, female power, imagery, portraiture, visual & literary representation/depictions, religious iconography/influence, religious politics, devotion, conversions, royal persona
Medieval/Early Modern
Spain/Europe
Ishikawa, Chiyo.
Monograph
The �Retablo de Isabel la Cat�lica� by Juan de Flandes and Michel Sittow.
Turnhout: Brepols, 2004.
Isabella I of Castile (Isabel la Catolica)
queenship, female power, religious iconography/imagery, religious devotion, altarpiece, political & religious culture, literary & visual representation/depictions
Early Modern
Spain/Europe
Ives, Eric W.
Article
"The Fall of Anne Boleyn Reconsidered."
The English Historical Review, 107:424, 1992, pp. 651-664.
Anne Boleyn
queenship, female power, reputation, cultural memory, popular culture, political & court culture, execution, historiography
Early Modern
England
Ives, Eric.
Article
"Anne Boleyn on Trial Again."
The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 62:4, 2011, pp. 763-777.
Anne Boleyn
queenship, female power, reputation, historiography, religious influence/practices, political/court/religious culture, religious texts
Early Modern
England
Ives, Eric.
Monograph
The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn: 'the most happy'.
Oxford, Blackwell Publishing, 2013.
Anne Boleyn
queenship, female power, legacy/cultural memory, popular culture, political/religious influence, patronage, spirituality
Early Modern
England
Jackson, Guida M.
Monograph
Women Rulers throughout the Ages: An Illustrated Guide.
Oxford: ABC-CLIO, 1999.
Adela of Blois; Adelaide of Italy; Agnes of Poitou; Anna of Savoy; Anne of Austria; Blanche of Castile; Boudicca; Catherine II of Russia (the Great); Catherine de Medici; Catherine of Aragon; Catherine of Braganza; Chindok Yowang; Christine of France; Eleanor of Aquitaine; Elizabeth I of England; Jane Grey; Ide d'Alsace; Irene Palaeologina, Holy Roman Empress; Isabella I of Castile (Isabel la Catolica); Isabelle Clara Eugenia of Austria; Isabella of Bavaria; Joanna of Austria; Leonora Teles; Margaret of Anjou; Margaret of Brabant; Mary I of England; Matilda (Maude); Matilda of Scotland; Teresa of Castile; Theodora; Yolande of Aragon; and many others
queenship, female power, motherhood, regents/consorts, political authority/influence, divine right, gender roles, nature of women, governance, identity, literary & visual representations/depictions,
Medieval/Early Modern/Modern
Global
Jambeck, Karen K.
Chapter
"Patterns of Women's Literary Patronage: England, 1200-ca. 1475."
In The Cultural Patronage of Medieval Women, ed. June Hall McCash. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1996.
UNAVAILABLE
female power, literary patronage, elite/noble women, authority, religious influence/devotion, motherhood, wives, marriage, gender roles, matrilineal patterns
Medieval
England
James, Liz.
Chapter
"Goddess, Whore, Wife or Slave? Will the real Byzantine Empress Please Stand Up?"
In Queens and Queenship in Medieval Europe: Proceedings of a Conference held at King's College London, April 1995, ed. Anne J. Duggan. Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2002.
Theodora; Justinian I; references to Theodosios I; Pulcheria; Theodosios II; Leo I; Ariadne; and others
queenship, female power, regents/regencies, constructions of queenship, legal status, political influence, familial relations, dynastic politics, representation/depictions
Medieval
Europe/Mediterranean/Byzantium
James, Susan E.
Article
"Lady Jane Grey or Queen Kateryn Parr?"
The Burlington Magazine, 138:1114, 1996, pp. 20�24.
Jane Grey; Katherine Parr; references to Henry VIII of England
queenship, female power, imagery, portraits, visual representations/depictions, historical evidence, provenance, fashion/jewellery, symbolism
Early Modern
England
Jansen, Douglas C.
Chapter
"Women and Public Authority in the Thirteenth Century."
In Queens, Regents and Potentates, ed. Theresa M. Vann, Cambridge: Crampton and Sons Ltd, 1993.
UNAVAILABLE
UNAVAILABLE
Medieval
Europe
Jansen, Sharon L.
Monograph
Debating Women, Politics and Power in Early Modern Europe.
New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2008.
Mary I of England; Mary of Guise; Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots; Elizabeth I of England; Christine de Pizan; and others
queenship, female power, female regents, political authority/influence, texts/textual production, literary representation/depictions, gender roles, nature of women, female sovereignty, gynecocracy, public discourse, writings
Early Modern
Europe
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