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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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chapter | Troost, W. | "William III and Ireland." | 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 | kingship, diplomacy, foreign relations, political culture | England | Early Modern |
Chapter | Vogel, Juliane. | "The Double Skin: Imperial Fashion in the Nineteenth Century." | In The Body of the Queen: Gender and Rule in the Courtly World, 1500-2000, ed. Regina Schulte, New York: Berghahn Books, 2006. | Elisabeth (Sisi) of Austria; references to Louis XIV of France; Eugenie of France; Elizabeth I of England; Marie Antoinette | queenship/kingship, monarchy, female power, royal apparel/fashion, dual body concept, symbolism, political & court culture, heraldry | Europe | Early Modern/Modern |
Monograph | Vovk, Justin C. | In Destiny's Hands: Five Tragic Rulers, Children of Maria Theresa. | New York: iUniverse, 2010. | Maria Theresa; Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor; Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor; Maria Carolina, Queen of Naples/Sicily; Maria Antonia (Antoinette), Queen of France; Amalia of Parma; and many others | queenship, kingship, female power, marriage, motherhood, diplomacy, foreign relations | Europe | Early Modern |
Monograph | Watts, John. | Henry VI and the Politics of Kingship. | Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. | Henry VI of England | kingship, royal authority, political & court culture, ineffective rulership, political conflict, patronage | England | Medieval |
Article | Weber, Bernerd C. | "The Conference of Bayonne, 1565: An Episode in Franco-Spanish Diplomacy." | The Journal of Modern History, 11(1), 1939, pp. 1�22. | Carles IX of France; Philip II of Spain | kingship, diplomacy, foreign relations, religious policies/heresy | France/Spain | Early Modern |
Chapter | Weil, Rachel. | "Royal Flesh, Gender and the Construction of Monarchy." | In The Body of the Queen: Gender and Rule in the Courtly World, 1500-2000, ed. Regina Schulte, New York: Berghahn Books, 2006. | Marie Antoinette; Louis XIV of France; Maria Teresa; references to Mary I of England; Elizabeth I of England; Mary II of England; Queen Anne; Charles II of England | queenship, female rule, monarchical body, gendered bodies, kingship, dual body concept/Kantorowicz, image, symbolism, political culture | Europe | Early Modern |
Edited Collection | Weiler, Bjorn K.U. and Ifor W. Rowlands, eds. | England and Europe in the Reign of Henry III (1216�1272). | Aldershot: Ashgate, 2002. | Henry III of England; references to Alfonso X of Castile; Joan of Scotland; Philippa of Hainault; Eleanor of Provence; and others | kingship, queenship, political & court culture, diplomacy, foreign relations, religious policies, monasticism, gender/gender roles, crusade/warfare | England/Europe | Medieval |
Monograph | Whaley, Joachim. | Germany and the Holy Roman Empire, Volume I: Maximilian I to the Peace of Westphalia, 1493-1648. | Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. | Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor; Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor; Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor; Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor; and others | kingship, dynasty, royal authority, political power, statecraft, religious reform/Reformation, political & court culture, territories, humanism, governance, diplomacy, foreign relations | Europe | Early Modern |
Monograph | Whitaker, Katie. | A Royal Passion: The Turbulent Marriage of Charles I and Henrietta Maria. | London: Phoenix, 1988. | Charles I of England; Henrietta Maria | queenship, kingship, royal marriage, political marriage, religious conflict/influence, civil war, marital relations | England | Early Modern |
Chapter | Wolfe, Michael. | "Protestant Reactions to the Conversion of Henry IV." | In Changing Identities in Early Modern France, ed. Michael Wolfe, Durham: Duke University Press, 1997. | Henry IV of France; references to Louis XIII of France; Louis XIV of France; Henry III of England; Henry IV of England | kingship, dynastic claim, religious dissent, political culture, identity, representation/character, literary depictions/discourse, conversion | France | Early Modern |
Monograph | Wolff, Martha., ed. | Kings, Queens, and Courtiers: Art in Early Renaissance France. | New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011. | UNAVAILABLE | queenship, kingship, female power, visual representation/depictions, paintings, sculptures, illuminated manuscripts, stained glass, tapestries, royal power, patronage | France | Early Modern |
Monograph | Wood, C. T. | Joan of Arc and Richard III: Sex, Saints, and Government in the Middle Ages. | Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. | Joan of Arc; Richard III of England | female power, kingship, biography, cult of saints, literary & visual representation/depictions, political culture, adultery, scandals, governance, diplomacy, foreign relations | Europe | Medieval |
Monograph | Wortman, Richard. | Russian Monarchy: Representation and Rule. | Academic Studies Press, 2013. | Peter I (the Great) of Russia; Alexander I of Russia; Nicholas II of Russia; Alexander II of Russia; Alexandra Fedorovna; Catherine II (the Great) of Russia; Ivan III of Russia; Maria Fedorvna (wife of Alexander III); Maria Fedorvna (wife of Paul I); and many others | kingship, political culture, diplomacy, marriage/marital relations, foreign relations, literary & visual representation, law/legal status, legal courts, national identity, court culture, symbolism, dynastic, succession, absolutism, art/architecture, ceremony, coronations, heir, heredity, | Russia | Early Modern/Modern |
Monograph | Wortman, Richard. | Scenarios of Power: Myth and Ceremony in Russian Monarchy, from Peter the Great to the Abdication of Nicholas II. | Woodstock: Princeton University Press, 2006. | Peter I (the Great) of Russia; Alexander I of Russia; Nicholas I of Russia; Paul I of Russia; Alexander II of Russia; Alexander III of Russia; Nicholas II of Russia; and others | kingship, political culture, diplomacy, marriage/marital relations, foreign relations, literary & visual representation, national identity, court culture, symbolism, dynastic, succession, absolutism, art/architecture, ceremony, myth | Russia | Early Modern/Modern |
Article | Zanger, Abby. | "Making Sweat: Sex and the Gender of National Reproduction in the Marriage of Louis XIII." | Yale French Studies, 86, 1994, pp. 187-205. | Louis XIII of France; Anne of Austria | kingship, male body, scared persona, dynasty/dynastic politics, sovereign power, sexuality, marriage, ceremony, literary & visual representation/depictions | France | Early Modern |
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