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Queenship Historiography Database
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Source Type | Author(s) | Publication Title | Publication Details | Monarch/Figure | Keywords | Period(s) | Place(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Monograph | Brown-Grant, R. | Christine de Pizan and the Moral Defense of Women: Reading Beyond Gender. | Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. | Christine de Pizan, references to Charles V of France, Charles VI of France, Isabella of France, Joanna of Sicily, Margaret of Austria | female power, equality, gender roles, sexuality, literary depictions, literary criticisms, saints/mythology | Medieval | Europe |
Chapter | Brown-Grant, Rosalind. | "Christine de Pizan as a Defender of Women." | In Christine de Pizan: A Casebook, eds. Barbara K. Altmann and Deborah L. McGrady. London: Routledge, 2003. | Christine de Pizan | female power, misogyny, gender roles, sexuality, literary depictions, literary criticisms | Medieval | Europe |
Monograph | Browning, Robert. | Justinian and Theodora. | New York: Praeger, 1971. | Justinian I; Theodora | kingship/queenship, imperialism, reputation/persona, conquest/war, religious policies, female power, political influence | Ancient | Italy/Mediterranean |
Edited Collection | Brubaker, Leslie and Julia M. H. Smith, eds. | Gender in the Early Medieval World: East and West, 300�900. | Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. | Justinian I; Theodora | gender roles, sexuality, politics, religion, patronage, genealogy, harem, fashion/appreance | Medieval | Italy/Mediterranean |
Chapter | Brubaker, Leslie. | "Sex, Lies and Textuality: The Secret History of Prokopios and the Rhetoric of Gender in Sixth-Century Byzantium." | 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. | Theodora; Justinian I; | female power, matron, construction of gender, imperialism, political culture, panegyric | Medieval | Italy/Mediterranean |
Monograph | Brundage, James A. | Law, Sex, and Christian Society in Medieval Europe. | Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987. | Eleanor of Aquitaine; Joan Plantagenet; Philip I of France; Peter I of Cyprus; Matilda of Tuscany; Louise VII of France; Louis the Pious; Leopold VI of Austria; Justinian I; William I of England (William the Conqueror); Violant of Hungary; Valentinian II, Holy Roman Emperor; Valentinian III, Holy Roman Emperor; Theodosius II; Theodora; Queen Teutberga; Richard I of England (Richard the Lionheart); Richard II of England; and others | morality//theological values, sexual behaviours, law/legal customs, widows, nature of women, | Medieval | Europe |
Chapter | Brundage, James A. | "The Canon Law of Divorce in the Mid-Twelfth Century: Louis VII c. Eleanor of Aquitaine." | In Eleanor of Aquitaine: Lord and Lady, eds. Bonnie Wheeler and John C. Parsons, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. | Eleanor of Aquitaine; Louis VII of France | queenship, marriage, divorce, church law, consanguinity | Medieval | England/France |
Chapter | Bryant, Lawrence M. | "Making History: Ceremonial Texts, Royal Space, and Political Theory in the Sixteenth Century." | In Changing Identities in Early Modern France, ed. Michael Wolfe, Durham: Duke University Press, 1997. | Louis XII of France; Charlemagne; Clovis I; Charles VIII of France; Louis XI of France; Charles VII of France; Henry VIII of England; Francis I of France; Catherine de Medici; Charles IX of France; and others | institution of monarchy, political culture/theatre, ceremony, rituals, court culture, chronicles, traditions/customs, print culture, spectacles, honour, behaviours, sociability, royal family | Early Modern | France |
Chapter | Bryant, Mark. | "Partner, Matriarch, and Minister: Mme de Maintenon of France, Clandestine Consort, 1680-1715." | In Queenship in Europe, 1660-1815: The Role of Consort, ed. Clarissa Campbell Orr, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. | Louis XIV of France; Francoise d' Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon; references to Anne of Austria, Marie-Therese, Marie-Anne-Christine of Bavaria; | female power, consorts, ancien regime, marriage, court culture/position, mistress, stateswoman, religious devotion/piety, counsel | Early Modern/Modern | Europe |
Article | Bryson, David. | "The Vallant Letters of Jeanne D'Albret: Fact or Forgery?" | French History, 13, 1991, pp. 161-181. | Jeanne d'Albret, (Jeanne III) Queen of Navarre; Jean Vallant; references to Henry III/IV of Navarre/France; Marguerite de Navarre; Catherine de Medici; Charles IX of France; and others | female power, epistolary culture, manuscripts, political influence, authentication/provenance, court culture, religious reform, representation/persona | Early Modern | France |
Chapter | Buccola, Regina. | "After Lives." | In Scholars and Poets Talk About Queens, eds. Carole Levin and Christine Stewart-Nunez, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. | Margaret of Anjou | queenship, female power, poem, depictions/representation | Medieval | England |
Chapter | Buccola, Regina. | "The First of That Name." | In Scholars and Poets Talk About Queens, eds. Carole Levin and Christine Stewart-Nunez, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. | Elizabeth I of England | queenship, female power, poem, reputation, legitimacy | Early Modern | England |
Chapter | Bucholz, Robert. | "The 'Stomach of a Queen,' or Size Matters: Gender, Body, Image, and the Historical Reputation of Queen Anne." | In Queens & Power in Medieval and Early Modern England, eds. Carole Levin and Robert Bucholz, Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2009. | Anne (Stuart) of Great Britain; references to Mary I of England; Elizabeth I of England; Victoria of Great Britain; Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough; Mary II of England | queenship, persona/reputation, depictions, popular culture/memory, female rule, political power, devout, wife/mother, gendered body, court culture | Early Modern | England |
Chapter | Bucholz, Robert. | "Queen Anne: Victim of her Virtues?" | In Queenship in Britain, 1660�1837: Royal Patronage, Court Culture and Dynastic Politics, ed. Clarissa Campbell-Orr, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2002. | Anne (Stuart) of England; references to Mary I of England; Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots; Elizabeth I of England | queenship, persona/reputation, virtuous depictions, popular culture/memory, female rule, political power, devout, wife/mother, gendered body, court culture | Early Modern | England |
Monograph | Buckley, Veronica. | Christina, Queen of Sweden: The Restless Life of a European Eccentric. | New York: HarperCollins, 2004. | Christina (Augusta), Queen of Sweden; references to Alexis, Tsar of Russia, Anna of Brandenburg, Anne of Austria, Queen of France, Charles I of England, Charles II of England, Elizabeth I of England, Erik XIV, King of Sweden, Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, Frederik III, King of Denmark, Freidrich V, King of Bohemia, Gustav Adolf, King of Sweden, Henrietta Maria, Maria Eleanora, Queen of Sweden, Maria Teresa, and several other monarchs | queenship, female power, masculinity/femininity, gender roles, princely education, religion, | Early Modern | Sweden |
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