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Kingship Historiography Database
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Source Type | Author(s) | Publication Title | Publication Details | Monarch/Figure | Keywords | Place(s) | Period(s) |
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Chapter | Abulafia, David. | "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 | Spain | Medieval/Early Modern |
Monograph | Alford, Stephen. | Kingship and Politics in the Reign of Edward VI. | Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. | Edward VI of England | kingship, royal supremacy, political & court culture | England | Early Modern |
Chapter | Allinson, Rayne. | "Conversations on Kingship: The Letters of Queen Elizabeth I and King James VI." | In The Rituals and Rhetoric of Queenship: Medieval to Early Modern, eds. Liz Oakley-Brown and Louise J. Wilkinson, Dublin: Four Courts, 2009. | Elizabeth I of England; James VI/I of Scotland/England | kingship, queenship, royal authority, female rule, divine right | England | Early Modern |
Chapter | Alves, Daniel. | "Ferdinand II of Portugal: A Conciliatory King in an Age of Turmoil." | In The Man Behind the Queen: Male Consorts in History, eds. Charles Beem and Miles Taylor, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. | Ferdinand II of Portugal; Maria II of Portugal; D. Pedro V of Portugal; and others | kingship, consort, political culture, image/representation, persona/characterisation, political & military affairs, conciliatory approach/nature | Portugal | Modern |
Chapter | Alvestad, Karl C. | "Seeing Him for What He Was: Reimagining King Olaf II Haraldsson in Post-War Popular Culture." | In Premodern Rulers and Postmodern Viewers: Gender, Sex, and Power in Popular Culture, eds. Janice North, Karl C. Alvestad and Elena Woodacre, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. | Olaf II; references to Christina, Queen of Sweden; and others | kingship, cinematic & literary representations/depictions, popular culture, masculinity, gender roles, image, reputation | Norway/Scandinavia | Modern |
Monograph | Anglo, Sydney. | Images of Tudor Kingship. | London: Seaby Ltd, 1992. | Henry VIII of England | kingship, visual imagery, symbolism, propaganda, chivalry | England | Early Modern |
Monograph | Bakos, Adrianna E. | Images of Kingship in Early Modern France: Louis XI in Political Thought, 1560-1789. | Abingdon: Routledge, 2013. | Louis XI of France | kingship, image, representation, pageantry, royal authority, political thought | France | Early Modern |
Chapter | Baldwin, J. W. | "The Many Loves of Philip Augustus." | In The Medieval Marriage Scene: Prudence, Passion, Policy, eds. S. Roush and C. L. Baskins, Tempe: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2005. | Philip Augustus | kingship, reputation, royal mistresses, queens, royal marriage | France | Medieval |
Monograph | Barton, Simon. | Conquerors, Brides, and Concubines: Interfaith Relations and Social Power in Medieval Iberia. | Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015. | Various monarchs | female power, identity, royal mistresses, queens, concubines, kingship | Iberia/Spain | Medieval |
Chapter | Beales, Dereck. | "Francis Stephen of Lorraine (Emperor Francis I, 1745-65), Consort of Maria Theresa, Ruler of the Austrian Monarchy from 1740." | In The Man Behind the Queen: Male Consorts in History, eds. Charles Beem and Miles Taylor, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. | Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor; Maria Theresa, Holy Roman Empress | kingship, political culture, statecraft, royal authority | Austria | Early Modern/Modern |
Monograph | Black, Jeremy. | Kings, Nobles and Commoners: States and Societies in Early Modern Europe. | London: I.B. Tauris, 2004. | Anna of Russia; Catherine I of Russia; Catherine II (the Great) of Russia; Charles I of England; Charles II of Spain; Charles III of Spain; Charles IX of France; Charles IX Sweden; Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor; Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor; Charles VIII, Holy Roman Emperor; Charles XII of Sweden; Elisabeth of Russian; Elizabeth I of England; and many others | monarchy, royal authority, queenship/kingship, political & court culture, religion, dynasty, warfare, sociability, identity, statecraft, absolutism | Europe | Early Modern |
Article | Blake, Stephen P. | "Courtly Culture under Babur and the Early Mughals." | Journal of Asian History, 20:2, 1986, pp. 193�214. | Babur; Timur; Chinggis (Genghis) Khan; Ghazan; and others | kingship, monarchy, court culture, patronage, masculinity, warfare | India | Medieval |
Edited Collection | Bolton, Brenda and Christine Meek, eds. | Aspects of Power and Authority in the Middle Ages. | Turnhout: Brepols, 2007. | Charles I of Anjou; William I (the Conqueror) of England; Matilda of Boulogne; Edward the Confessor; and others | kingship, imagery, symbolism, royal authority, consorts, female power, religion, political culture | Europe | Medieval |
Monograph | Bradbury, Jim. | Stephen and Matilda: The Civil War, 1139�1154. | Stroud: Sutton, 1996. | Matilda I of Bouglogne; Stephen (Stephen of Blois) | kingship, queenship, female power, military campaigns, political control | England | Medieval |
Article | Brown, Elizabeth A. R. | "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 | France | Medieval |
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