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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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Article | Fisher, N. R. R. | "'The Queenes Courte in Her Councell Chamber at Westminster'." | The English Historical Review, 108(427), 1993, pp. 314�337. | Henrietta Maria; references to Charles I of England; Anne of Denmark; James I of England; and others | queenship, female power, political influence/participation, council, diplomacy, political & court culture, political allegiance | Early Modern | England |
Chapter | Fisher, Sally. | "Margaret R: Lady Margaret Beaufort's Self-fashioning and Female Ambition." | In Virtuous or Villainess? The Image of the Royal Mother from the Early Medieval to the Early Modern Era, eds. Carey Fleiner and Elena Woodacre, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. | Margaret of Beaufort; references to Henry VII of England; Elizabeth of York; Richard III of England; and others | female power, motherhood, familial bonds, ambition, self-fashioning/presentation, constructed image/persona, female authority, status/identity, behaviour, display | Medieval/Early Modern | England |
Edited Collection | Fleiner, Carey and Elena Woodacre, eds. | Virtuous or Villainess? The Image of the Royal Mother from the Early Medieval to the Early Modern Era. | New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. | Margaret of Beaufort; Blanche of Brittany; Eleanor of Aquitaine; Elizabeth of York; Irene of Athens, Empress of Byzantium; Isabeau of Bavaria; Isabella of Angouleme; Isabel of Castile; Joan of Navarre; Margaret of Anjou; Maria de Luna; Matilda of Flanders; Matilda (Edith) of Scotland; Matilda (Maude), Holy Roman Empress; Philippa of Lancaster; Bona Sforza; Theodora (St./wife of Theopolis); Violant (Yolande) of Bar; Yolande of Aragon; and other male monarchs | queenship, regents/consorts, female power, motherhood, royal children, marriage alliances, martial relations, widowhood, dynasty/dynastic politics, inheritance, succession, maternal duty/expectations, literary & visual representation/depictions, status/identity, female authority/rule, familial bonds, persona/characterisation, chess, metaphor/allegory, diplomacy, foreign relations, political & court culture, political influence/participation, education/upbringing, ceremony/display | Medieval/Early Modern | Europe |
Chapter | Fleiner, Carey. | "Optima Mater: Power, Influence, and the Maternal Bonds between Agrippina the Younger (AD 15-59) and Nero, Emperor of Rome (AD 54-68)." | In Royal Mothers and Their Ruling Children: Wielding Political Authority From Antiquity to the Early Modern Era, eds. Elena Woodacre and Carey Fleiner, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. | Agrippina; Nero; references to Emperor Augustus; Claudius; and others | queenship, female power, motherhood, political influence/participation, political authority, familial bonds | Antiquity/Medieval | Europe |
Chapter | Fleiner, Carey. | "'She Is My Eleanor': The Character of Isabella of Angoul�me on Film - A Medieval Queen in Modern Media." | In Premodern Rulers and Postmodern Viewers: Gender, Sex, and Power in Popular Culture, eds. Janice North, Karl C. Alvestad and Elena Woodacre, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. | Isabella of Angouleme; references to John (Lackland), King of England; Henry III of England; Louis IX of France; and others | queenship, female consort, female power, cinematic representations/depictions, portrayals, popular culture, reputation, female behaviour, sexuality, historical fiction, historical chronicles | Medieval | England/France |
Chapter | Flores, Diana Pelaz. | "Tejiendo redes, estrechando lazos. Amistad femenina, proteccion y promocion social en la Casa de la Reina en Castilla (1406-1454)." | In Reginae Iberiae. El poder regio femenino en los reinos medievales peninsulares, eds. Miguel Garc�a-Fern�ndez and Silvia Cernadas Mart�nez, Santiago de Compostela: Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 2015. | Maria of Aragon; Isabel of Portugal | queenship, female power, female household, political influence, symbolic image, servants/ladies in waiting, female networks, friendships | Medieval | Spain |
Chapter | Flores, Diana Pelaz. | "Queenly Time in the Reign of Juan II of Castile (1406-1454)." | In Queenship in the Mediterranean: Negotiating the Role of the Queen in the Medieval and Early Modern Eras, ed. Elena Woodacre, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. | Maria of Aragon; Isabel of Portugal; Juan II of Castile; and others | queenship, female power, monarchy, royal sovereignty, political & court culture, mechanics of power, marital relations, effective rulership, political influence, royal favourites | Early Modern | Mediterranean |
Article | Flores, Diana Pelaz. | "Queen Maria of Aragon (1420-1445) as Letter's Patroness in the Castillian Crown." | Hispania: Revisita Espanola De Historia, 74:247, 2014, pp. 331-356. | Maria of Aragon; Juan II of Castile | queenship, female power, literary culture/movement, book production/dedications, gender/gender roles, royal marriage, court culture, political influence/participation | Medieval | Spain |
Chapter | Flores, Diana Pelaz. | "To be the Queen's Daughter: Controversy, Adultery, and the Legitimacy Problem in the Reign of Enrique IV of Castile (1454-1474)." | In Royal Mothers and Their Ruling Children: Wielding Political Authority From Antiquity to the Early Modern Era, eds. Elena Woodacre and Carey Fleiner, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. | UNAVAILABLE | queenship, female power, motherhood, adultery, legitimacy | Medieval | Spain |
Monograph | Flores, Diana Pelaz. | Poder Y Representaci�n De La Reina En La Corona De Castilla (1418-1496). | Avila: Junta De Castilla Y Le�n Consejeria de Cultura y Turismo, 2017. | Maria of Aragon; Isabel of Portugal | queenship, female power, literary & visual representation/depictions, political & court culture, political influence/participation, marriage/marital relations | Medieval | Spain |
Monograph | Flores, Diana Pelaz. | La Casa De La Reina En La Corona De Castilla (1418-1496). | Valladolid: Edicones Universidad Valladolid, 2017. | Maria of Aragon; Isabel of Portugal; Juan II of Castile; and others | queenship, female power, royal household, political & court culture, royal offices/officers | Medieval | Spain |
Article | Florez, Diana Pelaz. | "Jaque a la Reine: Cuando la Mujer se Convierte en un Estorbo Politico." | Miscel�nea Medieval Murciana, 35, 2011, pp. 177-187. | Isabel la Catolica (Isabella I of Castile); Maria of Aragon; Catherine of Lancaster; Joan of Portugal; Blanca of Navarre; and others | queenship, court culture, chess, political influence, masculinity, gendered body | Medieval | Spain/Iberia |
Monograph | Flori, Jean; Olive Classe, trans. | Eleanor of Aquitaine: Queen and Rebel. | Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2007. | Eleanor of Aquitaine | queenship, female power, adultery, reputation, cultural memory, popular culture, patronage, political power, literary & visual representation/depictions | Medieval | England |
Article | Fogleberg Rota, Stefano. | "Queen Christina's Heroic Virtue and Religious Implications." | Early Modern Culture Online, 13:1, 2012, pp. 1-13. | Christina of Sweden | queenship, female power, heroic virtue, panegyrics, literary & visual representations/depictions, public displays, spectacles, religious influence, propaganda | Early Modern | Sweden |
Chapter | Folda, Jaroslav. | "Melisende of Jerusalem: Queen and Patron of Art and Architecture in the Crusader Kingdom." | In Reassessing the Roles of Women as �Makers� of Medieval Art and Architecture, ed. Therese Martin, Leiden: Brill, 2012. | Melisende of Jerusalem; references to Baldwin II; Fulk of Anjou; Baldwin III; Eleanor of Aquitaine and others | queenship, female power, patronage, art/architecture, political leader, cultural influence, psalter | Medieval | Jerusalem |
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