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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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Article | Kisby, Fiona. | "'When the King Goeth a Procession': Chapel Ceremonies and Services, the Ritual Year and Religious Reforms at the Early Tudor Court, 1485-1547." | Journal of British Studies, 40:1, 2001, pp. 44-75. | Henry VIII of England; Henry VII of England; references to Edward IV of England; Henry VI of England; Mary I of England; Elizabeth I of England; and others | kingship, political & court culture, patronage, royal power/authority, royal household, chapel royal, ceremony/rituals, religious reforms, architecture/organisation, household ordinances | England | Medieval/Early Modern |
Monograph | Kizelbach, Urzula. | The Pragmatics of Early Modern Politics: Power and Kingship in Shakespeare's History Plays. | Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2014. | References to Henry VIII of England; Elizabeth I of England; Richard II of England; Richard III of England; and others | kingship, queenship, institution of monarchy, royal power, rulership, characteristics of kingship, political & court culture, drama, literary & visual representation/depictions, performance, gender/gender roles | England | Early Modern |
Chapter | Kohlrausch, Martin. | "The Unmanly Emperor: Wilhelm II and the Fragility of the Royal Individual." | In The Body of the Queen: Gender and Rule in the Courtly World, 1500-2000, ed. Regina Schulte, New York: Berghahn Books, 2006. | Wilhelm II of Germany/Prussia | kingship, gender roles, character/persona, representation, masculinity, sexual orientation, public opinion, monarchy, effective rulership | Germany | Modern |
Chapter | Korsten, Frans. | "The Eve of the Glorious Revolution: The Catholic Threat." | In Fabrics and Fabrications The Myth and Making of William and Mary, eds. Paul Hoftijzer and C.C. Barfoot, Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1990. | William III of England; Mary II of England; references to James II of England; and others | kingship, religious controversy, political/court/religious culture, literary representation/depictions, propaganda | England | Early Modern |
Monograph | Laynesmith, J.L. | The Last Medieval Queens: English Queenship 1445-1503. | Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. | Margaret of Anjou; Henry VI of England; Margaret Beaufort; Henry VII of England; Elizabeth Woodville; Edward IV of England; Henry VIII of England; Anne Neville; Elizabeth of York; and others | queenship, female power, government, political influence/participation, institution of monarchy, legitimization of kingship, sovereignty, motherhood, wife, political & court culture, royal family, household | England | Medieval |
Monograph | Leese, Thelma Anna. | Blood Royal: Issue of the Kings and Queens of Medieval England, 1066�1399: The Normans and Plantagenets. | Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1996. | UNAVAILABLE | kingship, queenship, royal heirs, genealogy | England | Medieval |
Chapter | Lehfeldt, Elizabeth A. | "The Gender of Shared Sovereignty: Texts and the Royal Marriage of Isabella and Ferdinand." | In Women, Texts, and Authority in the Early Modern Spanish World, eds. M. V. Vicente and L. R. Corteguera, Aldershot: Ashgate, 2003. | Isabella I of Castile (Isabel la Catolica) | queenship, kingship, royal marriage, gender/gender roles, literary & visual representation/depictions, texts/print culture, co-rule | Spain | Early Modern |
Thesis | Lewis, Andrew W. | Royal Succession in Capetian France. | Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1981. | Adela of Champagne; Adelaide of Poitou; Blanche of Castile; Charlemagne; Charles IV of France; Charles I of Sicily; Constance of Arles; Edward II of England; Hedwig (Jadwiga) of Poland; Henry II of England; Henry I of France; Hugh Capet, King of Franks; Isabella of England; Isabella of Hainaut; Jeanne of Burgundy; Jeanne of Navarre; John (Lackland) of England; Louis VI of France; Louis VII of France; Louis VIII of France; Louis IV of France; Marie of Brabant; Philip I of France; Philip II of France; Philip III of France; Robert II of France; and others | kingship, queenship, royal heirs, succession, dynasty/dynastic politics, foreign relations, diplomacy, bastards/illegitimacy, coronations, law/legal status, patrimony | France | Medieval |
Monograph | Line, Philip. | Kingship and State Formation in Sweden: 1130-1290. | Leiden: Brill, 2007. | Albrecht of Mecklenburg; Benedikta (Bengta); Berenguela of Portugal; Birger Magnusson of Sweden; Charlemagne; Christine Bjornsdatter; Christoffer I of Denmark; Erik Emune of Denmark; Erik Eriksson of Sweden; Erik Jedvardsson of Sweden; Erik Knutsson of Sweden; Gustav I of Sweden; Hakon Gamla of Norway; Harald Bluetooth of Denmark; Hedwig of Holstein; Inge the Elder; Ingeborg Eriksdatter; Karl Sverkersson of Sweden; Katarina Sunesdotter of Sweden; Knud II of Denmark; Knut Eriksson of Sweden; Magnus Eriksson of Sweden/Norway; and others | kingship, state formation, governance/administration, political & court culture, identity, religious worship/orders, rituals/ceremony, ideology of kingship, marriage/wives, kingdom, society & culture, foreign relations, diplomacy, warfare | Sweden | Medieval |
Chapter | Liu, Sophia Yashih. | "The Jewel for the Crown: Reconsidering Female Kingship and Queenship in the Galfridian Historiography." | In Perceiving Power in Early Modern Europe, ed. Francis K.H. So, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. | Matilda (Maude), Holy Roman Empress; Henry I of England; Matilda III of Boulogne; Matilda of Flanders; William the Conqueror; Eleanor of Aquitaine; and others | queenship, female power, female kingship, literary representations/depictions, gender roles, female stereotypes, female consorts, symbolism, ceremony/ritual, political participation | Europe | Medieval |
Monograph | Lockhart, Paul Douglas. | Denmark, 1513-1660: The Rise and Decline of a Renaissance Monarchy. | Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007. | Christian IV of Denmark; references to Christian III of Denmark; Frederik II Denmark/Norway; Anna Catherine of Brandenburg; Sofie (Sophie) of Mecklenburg-G�strow; James I/VI of England/Scotland; Christina of Sweden; Gustav II of Sweden; and others | kingship, institution of monarchy, social/political structures, political & court culture, foreign relations, diplomacy, religious worship/ideology, statecraft | Denmark | Early Modern |
Monograph | MacKay, Ruth. | The Limits of Royal Authority: Resistance and Obedience in Seventeenth-Century Castile. | Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. | Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor; Philip II of Spain; Philip III of Spain; Philip IV of Spain; and others | kingship, monarchical power, royal authority, resistance, obedience, political culture, nobility/aristocracy, litigation/jurisdiction, military recruitment/leadership, political influence, society & culture, gender/gender roles, social & political hierarchies | Spain | Early Modern |
Monograph | Major, J. Russell. | From Renaissance Monarchy to Absolute Monarchy: French Kings, Nobles and Estates. | London: The John Hopkins University Press, 1994. | Louis XIII of France; Marie de Medici; Charles VII of France; Charles VIII of France; Philip II of Spain; Henry II of France; Francis II of France; Mary, Queen of Scots; and others | kingship, institution of monarchy, absolute monarchy, noble/elite relations, political & court culture, religious conflict, imagery, authority & power, loyalty/obedience, influence | France | Early Modern |
Chapter | Marschner, Joanna. | "Queen Caroline of Ansbach and the European Princely Museum Tradition." | In Queenship in Britain, 1660�1837: Royal Patronage, Court Culture and Dynastic Politics, ed. Clarissa Campbell-Orr, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2002. | Caroline of Ansbach; references to Eleanore Erdmuth of Saxe-Eisenach; John George IV of Saxony; Frederick III of Bradenburg; Sophie Charlotte; Charles of Austria, King of Spain; and others | queenship, female power, patronage, museums, court culture, libraries, learned/educated persona, kingship/monarchy | England/Britain | Early Modern |
Monograph | Martin, Russell E. | A Bride for the Tsar: Bride-Shows and Marriage Politics in Early Modern Russia. | DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 2012. | Ivan IV Vasilyevich (the Terrible); Aleksei Mikhailovich; Michael (Romanov) I of Russia; and others | kingship, female power, bride shows, ceremony/ritual, political royal marriage, political & court culture, dynasty | Russia | Early Modern |
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