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Source Type
Author(s)
Publication Title
Publication Details
Monarch/Figure
Keywords
Place(s)
Period(s)
Chapter
Elliott, J.H.
"The Political Context of the 1612�1615 Franco-Spanish Treaty."
In Dynastic Marriages 1612/1615: A Celebration of the Habsburg and Bourbon Unions, ed. Margaret M. McGowan, Farnham: Ashgate, 2013.
Louis XIII of France; and others
kingship, spectacles/festivals, festival books, carrousel, ballet, equestrian performance, chivalry, political culture, foreign relations
Europe
Early Modern
Monograph
Enright, Michael J.
Lady with a Mead Cup: Ritual, Prophecy and Lordship in the European Warband from La T�ne to the Viking Age.
Dublin: Four Courts Press, 1995.
UNAVAILABLE
kingship, queens, rituals, social & religious culture, drink/intoxication culture, symbolism/meaning, imagery
Europe
Medieval
Monograph
Famiglietti, R. C.
Royal Intrigue: Crisis at the Court of Charles VI (1392�1420).
New York: AMS Press, 1986.
Charles IV of France
kingship, warfare, military engagement, madness, political culture, foreign relations
France
Medieval
Monograph
Fawtier, Robert W.; Lionel Butler and R. J. Adam, trans.
The Capetian Kings of France: Monarchy and Nation, 987-1328.
London: Macmillan, 1960.
Adela of Champagne; Bertrada de Montfort; Blanche of Castile; Charlemagne; Charles IV of France; Edward I of England; Eleanor of Aquitaine; Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor; Henry I of France; Henry II of England; Hugh, King of France; Isabella of Hainault; Isabella of France; Joan of Navarre; John, King of England; Louis VI of France; Louis VII of France; Louis VIII of France; Louis IX of France; Philip I of France; Philip II of France; Philip III of France; Philip IV of France; Robert II of France; William I (the Conqueror) of England; and others
kingship, politics, medieval government, political & court culture, foreign relations, diplomacy, queenship, female power, marriage/marital relations, royal children, motherhood
France
Medieval
Monograph
Fichtner, Paula S.
The Habsburg Monarchy, 1490�1848: Attributes of Empire.
Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.
Charles II of Spain; Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor; Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor; Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor; Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor; Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor; Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor; Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor; Maria Theresa, Holy Roman Empress; Marie Antoinette; Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor; and others
monarchy, kingship, queenship, royal authority, political & court culture, aristocracy/nobility, religious influence/conflict, female succession, female rule, foreign relations, diplomacy
Europe
Early Modern/Modern
Monograph
Forhan, Kate L.
The Political Theory of Christine de Pizan.
Aldershot: Ashgate, 2002.
Christine de Pizan; references to Joan of Arc; Charles V of France; and others
female power, female writers, political theory, body politic, kingship, literary works, literary criticism
Europe
Medieval
Monograph
Fradenburg, Louise O.
City, Marriage, Tournament: Arts of Rule in Late Medieval Scotland.
Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1991.
James III Scotland; Margaret Tudor; James IV of Scotland; and others
monarchy, kingship, queenship, symbols of rule, tournaments, spectacles, chivalry, theatricality, political & court culture, political/cultural/religious tensions, public discourse
Scotland
Medieval
Chapter
Fradenburg, Louise Olga.
"Sovereign Love: The Wedding of Margaret Tudor and James IV of Scotland."
In Women and Sovereignty, ed. Louise Olga Fradenburg, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1992.
Margaret Tudor; James IV of Scotland; references to Henry VII of England; Henry VIII of England; James VI/I of Scotland/England; and others
sovereignty, relatability/sociability, love, intimacy, reciprocity, gendered bodies/identity, symbolism, wedding pageantry/ceremony, alliances, structure/institution of sovereignty, queenship vs. kingship
Scotland/England
Early Modern
Monograph
Fraser, Antonia.
Love and Louis XIV: The Women in the Life of the Sun King.
London: Phoenix, 2007.
Louis XIV of France; Anne of Austria; Maria Theresa; Louise de la Valliere; Athenais, Marquise De Montespan; Francois de Maintenon; Adelaide of Savoy; and others
kingship, political & court culture, queenship, love, royal marriage, foreign relations, diplomacy, mistresses, adultery, reputation
France
Early Modern
Monograph
Fraser, Antonia.
The Wives of Henry VIII.
New York: Knopf, 1999.
Henry VIII of England; Katherine of Aragon; Anne Boleyn; Jane Seymour; Anne of Cleves; Katherine Howard; Catherine Parr; Elizabeth I of England; Mary I of England; and others
kingship, queenship, female power, royal marriage, political & court culture, religious conflict/tensions, mistresses, adultery
England
Early Modern
Monograph
Fraser, Flora.
Princesses: The Six Daughters of George III.
London: John Murray, 2004.
George III of England; Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz; Charlotte, Queen of Wurttemberg (princess royal); Princess Augusta Sophia; Princess Elizabeth, Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg; Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester/Edinburgh; Princess Sophia; Princess Amelia
kingship, female power, educated women, royal family, royal household, correspondence/letters, political & court culture, royal marriage
England
Modern
Monograph
Fujitani, Takashi.
Splendid Monarchy: Power and Pageantry in Modern Japan.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996.
Naruhito of Japan; Masako Owada;
kingship, monarchy, spectacles, rituals, pageantry, imagery, traditions, public ceremonials, ritual spaces, literary & visual representation/depictions
Japan
Modern
Chapter
Geaman, Kristen.
"A Bastard and a Changeling? England�s Edward of Westminster and Delayed Childbirth."
In Unexpected Heirs in Early Modern Europe: Potential Kings and Queens, ed. Valerie Schutte, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Edward of Wesminster; Henry VI of England; Margaret of Anjou; and others
kingship, unexpected heir, representation/depictions, propaganda, fertility, conception, childbirth, effective rulership
England
Medieval
Chapter
Geertz, Clifford.
"Centers, Kings and Charisma: Reflections on the Symbolics of Power."
In Local Knowledge: Further Essays in Interpretative Anthropology, ed. Clifford Geertz, New York: Basic Books, 1983.
Elizabeth I of England; Mulay Hasan; and others
monarchy, kingship, queenship, female power, sovereignty, allegory, symbolics/symbolism, display, royal progress, spectacles, literary & visual representation/depictions, authority
Global
Medieval/Early Modern
Chapter
Gibbons, Rachel.
"'The Limbs Fail when the Head is Removed': Reactions of the Body Politic of France to the Madness of Charles VI (1380-1422).
In The Image and Perceptions of Monarchy in Medieval and Early Modern Europe, eds. Sean Mcglynn and Elena Woodacre, Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.
Charles VI of France; references to Christine de Pizan; Edward II of England; Philippa of Hainault; David II of Scotland; and others
monarchy, kingship theory, health/illness, body politic, commonwealth, physical body, dual body concept/Kantorowicz
France
Medieval
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