Chapter

Brady, Ciaran.

"Coming into the Weigh-house: Elizabeth I and the Government of Ireland."

In Elizabeth I and Ireland, eds. Brendan Kane and Valerie McGowan-Doyle, Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Elizabeth I of England; Grace O'Malley

queenship, female power, foreign/national relations, political culture, petitions, law/legal statute, cultural/political governance/encounters

Early Modern

England/Ireland

Monograph

Bratsch-Prince, Dawn; Mar�a Morr�s, trans.

Violante de Bar (1365�1431).

Madrid: Edicl�s, 2002

Violant de Bar, Queen of Aragon; John I of Aragon

queen regent, female power, writings/correspondence, political influence

Medieval

Spain

Chapter

Bray, Julia.

"Men, Women and Slaves in Abbasid Society."

In Gender in the Early Medieval World: East and West, 300�900, eds. Leslie Brubaker and Julia M. H. Smith. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004.

al-Madhi; Hassan ibn Sinan; al-Khaysuran, Salsal

female power/agency, gender roles, religious influence, poetry/literature, slavery, conversion, concubines

Ancient/Medieval

Middle East/Western Asia

Chapter

Breger, Claudia.

"The �Berlin� Nefertiti Bust: Imperial Fantasies in Twentieth-Century German Archaeological Discourse."

In The Body of the Queen: Gender and Rule in the Courtly World, 1500-2000, ed. Regina Schulte, New York: Berghahn Books, 2006.

Nefertiti

queenship/kingship, female rule, cultural symbolism/associations, imagination/fantasy, depictions, Egyptian history, archaeology, German culture, dual body concept/Kantorowicz

Ancient/Modern

Germany/Egypt

Chapter

Brice, Catherine.

"Queen Margherita (1851�1926): 'The Only Man in the House of Savoy'."

In The Body of the Queen: Gender and Rule in the Courtly World, 1500-2000, ed. Regina Schulte, New York: Berghahn Books, 2006.

Margherita of Savoy

queenship, consort, political power/influence, constitutional monarchy

Modern

Italy

Chapter

Britland, Karen.

"Queen Henrietta Maria's Theatrical Patronage."

In Henrietta Maria: Piety, Politics and Patronage, ed. Erin Griffey, Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2008.

Henrietta Maria of France, Queen of England

queenship, patronage, theatre/entertainments, court culture, political & cultural plays

Early Modern

England

Monograph

Brogan, Stephen.

The Royal Touch in Early Modern England: Politics, Medicine, and Sin.

London: Royal Historical Society, 2015.

Edward the Confessor; Edward I of England; Edward II of England; Edward III of England; Henry VI of England; Henry VII of England; Henry VIII of England; Edward VI of England; Mary I of England; Elizabeth I of England; James VI/I of Scotland/England; James II of England; Charles I of England; Charles II of England; Louis IX of France; Eleanor of Provence; Anne Stuart, Queen of England; and others

monarchy, royal touch, symbolics, dual body concept, ceremony, medicine/illness, sin, religious belief, royal authority, relics

Early Modern

England

Chapter

Bronfen, Elisabeth and Barbara Straumann.

"Political Visions: The Two Bodies of Elizabeth I."

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

queenship, portraiture, film depictions, celebrity, portrayals

Early Modern

England

Chapter

Broomhall, Susan.

"Fit for a King? The Gendered Emotional Performances of Catherine de Medici as Dauphine of France, 1536�1547."

In Unexpected Heirs in Early Modern Europe: Potential Kings and Queens, ed. Valerie Schutte, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.

Catherine de Medici; references to Charles IX of France; Margaret of Navarre; Margaret of France; and others

queenship, royal marriage, court culture, dauphine, political influence/status, emotional intelligence, performance, display, motherhood, widowhood

Early Modern

France

Monograph

Brotton, Jerry.

The Sultan and the Queen: The Untold Story of Elizabeth and Islam.

New York: Viking, 2016.

Elizabeth I of England; Sultan Murad III

queenship, foreign relations, alliances, trade, global exploration, diplomacy

Early Modern

England/Middle East/Western Asia

Source Book

Brown, Beatrice Curtis, ed.

The Letters and Diplomatic Instructions of Queen Anne.

London: Cassell, 1968.

Anne (Stuart) of Great Britain

queenship, female power, royal authority, diplomacy, epistolary culture

Early Modern

England

Article

Brown, Cynthia J.

"Books in Performance: The Parisian Entry (1504) and Funeral (1514) of Anne of Brittany."

Yale French Studies, 110, 2006, pp. 75-91.

Anne of Brittany (Anne of Bretagne)

queenship, spectacles, royal entries, ceremony, funeral, depictions, book/print culture

Early Modern

France

Monograph

Brown, Cynthia J.

The Queen's Library: Image-Making at the Court of Anne of Brittany, 1477-1514.

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011.

Anne of Brittany (Anne of Bretagne)

queenship, visual/verbal imagery, representation, court culture, female power, literary depictions, ritual/ceremony, spectacles, allegory

Early Modern

France

Chapter

Brown, Cynthia J.

"Like Mother, Like Daughter: The Blurring of Royal Imagery in Books for Anne de Bretagne and Claude de France."

In The Cultural and Political Legacy of Anne de Bretagne: Negotiating Convention in Books and Documents, ed. Cynthia J. Brown, Woodbridge: Boydell & Brewer, 2010.

Anne de Bretagne (Anne of Brittany); Claude de France

queenship, female power, book images, depictions/portrayals, motherhood, familial bonds, marriage alliances, mythological representations

Early Modern

France

Edited Collection

Brown, Cynthia J., ed.

The Cultural and Political Legacy of Anne de Bretagne: Negotiating Convention in Books and Documents.

Woodbridge: Boydell & Brewer, 2010.

Anne de Bretagne (Anne of Brittany)

queenship, female authority, widowhood, marriage alliances, female rule, foreign relations, diplomacy, patron, political & court culture, political influence, cultural impact, image, representation/persona

Medieval/Early Modern

France