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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 | Fradenburg, Louise O. | City, Marriage, Tournament: Arts of Rule in Late Medieval Scotland. | Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1991. | James III Scotland; Margaret Tudor; James IV of Scotland; and others | monarchy, kingship, queenship, symbols of rule, tournaments, spectacles, chivalry, theatricality, political & court culture, political/cultural/religious tensions, public discourse | Medieval | Scotland |
Edited Collection | Fradenburg, Louise Olga, ed. | Women and Sovereignty. | Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1992. | Irene of Athens; Zoe Porphyrogenita, Empress of Byzantium; Eleanor of Castile; Eleanor of Provence; Judith of Wessex; Edith of Wessex; Osith of Chich; Modwenna of Burton-on-Trent; Etheldreda of Ely; Bridget of Ireland; Edburga of Winchester; Frideswide of Oxford; Elizabeth Woodville; Elizabeth of York; Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots; Matilda (Maude), Holy Roman Empress; Maria Teresa of Austria; Sofia Alekseevna of Muscovy; Christina of Sweden; Marguerite of Navarre; Jeanne d'Albret (Jeanne III of Navarre); Elizabeth I of England; Mary II of England; and others | queenship, female power, political & court culture, patronage, religious devotion/piety, hagiography, abbess, literary & visual representation/depictions, ritual/ceremony, marriage, motherhood, widowhood, symbolism, iconography, imagery, political participation/leadership, religious/cultural/political influence, fashion/clothing, material objects, dynasty/dynastic politics, theoretical/maternal/female sovereignty, propaganda, consorts, regents/regency, abdication, conversion, warfare/military engagement, marital relations, structures & theories of sovereignty/kingship/queenship, domestic sovereignty, female agency/autonomy, popular culture, reputation | Medieval/Early Modern/Modern | Europe/Asia |
Chapter | Fradenburg, Louise Olga. | "Sovereign Love: The Wedding of Margaret Tudor and James IV of Scotland." | In Women and Sovereignty, ed. Louise Olga Fradenburg, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1992. | Margaret Tudor; James IV of Scotland; references to Henry VII of England; Henry VIII of England; James VI/I of Scotland/England; and others | sovereignty, relatability/sociability, love, intimacy, reciprocity, gendered bodies/identity, symbolism, wedding pageantry/ceremony, alliances, structure/institution of sovereignty, queenship vs. kingship | Early Modern | Scotland/England |
Chapter | Francomano, Emily C. | "'The Queen of Time': Isabel I in The Ministry of Time (2015) and The Queen of Spain (2016)." | 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. | Isabel I of Castile; references to Fernando II; and others | queenship, female power, cinematic representation/depictions, national identity, cultural influence, popular culture, reputation, religious icon, saintly image, legacy | Medieval/Early Modern | Spain |
Chapter | Franke, Birgit. | "Female Role Models in Tapestries." | In Women of Distinction: Margaret of York and Margaret of Austria, eds. Dagmar Eichberger and Yvonne Bleyerveld. Turnhout: Brepols, 2005. | UNAVAILABLE | UNAVAILABLE | Medieval/Early Modern | Europe |
Chapter | Frankopan, Peter. | "Perception and Projection of Prejudice: Anna Comnena, the Alexiad and the First Crusade." | In Gendering the Crusades, eds. Susan Edington and Sarah Lambert, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2001. | Anna Commena; references to Alexis I Comnenus | female power, military participation, literary representation/depictions, literary criticism, religious motivations | Medieval | Europe/Mediterranean |
Monograph | Fraser, Antonia. | The Warrior Queens. | New York: Knopf, 1989. | Cleopatra; Boudica (Boadicea); Tamar (Tamara) of Georgia; Isabel I of Castile (Isabella of Spain); Elizabeth I of England; Catherine II (the Great) of Russia; Jinga Mbandi of Angola; Rani of Jhansi; and others | queenship, female power, military leadership/command, literary & visual representation/depictions | Medieval/Early Modern/Modern | Global |
Monograph | Fraser, Antonia. | Mary Queen of Scots. | New York: Delacorte, 1969. | Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots | UNAVAILABLE | Early Modern | Scotland |
Monograph | Fraser, Antonia. | Love and Louis XIV: The Women in the Life of the Sun King. | London: Phoenix, 2007. | Louis XIV of France; Anne of Austria; Maria Theresa; Louise de la Valliere; Athenais, Marquise De Montespan; Francois de Maintenon; Adelaide of Savoy; and others | kingship, political & court culture, queenship, love, royal marriage, foreign relations, diplomacy, mistresses, adultery, reputation | Early Modern | France |
Monograph | Fraser, Antonia. | The Wives of Henry VIII. | New York: Knopf, 1999. | Henry VIII of England; Katherine of Aragon; Anne Boleyn; Jane Seymour; Anne of Cleves; Katherine Howard; Catherine Parr; Elizabeth I of England; Mary I of England; and others | kingship, queenship, female power, royal marriage, political & court culture, religious conflict/tensions, mistresses, adultery | Early Modern | England |
Monograph | Fraser, Flora. | Princesses: The Six Daughters of George III. | London: John Murray, 2004. | George III of England; Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz; Charlotte, Queen of Wurttemberg (princess royal); Princess Augusta Sophia; Princess Elizabeth, Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg; Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester/Edinburgh; Princess Sophia; Princess Amelia | kingship, female power, educated women, royal family, royal household, correspondence/letters, political & court culture, royal marriage | Modern | England |
Chapter | Freccero, Carla. | "Marguerite de Navarre and the Politics of Maternal Sovereignty." | In Women and Sovereignty, ed. Louise Olga Fradenburg, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1992. | Marguerite of Navarre; references to Francois I of France; Jeanne d'Albret (Jeanne III of Navarre); Henri II of Navarre; Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor; and others | maternal sovereignty, motherhood, public & private relations/spheres, female negotiation, socio-political order, political economy, marriage arrangement, mediators, literary representation/depictions | Early Modern | Spain |
Monograph | Freely, John. | Inside the Seraglio: Private Lives of the Sultans in Istanbul. | London: Viking, 1999. | Ahmet III | monarchy, imperial dynasty, royal palace, household, gender roles, wives, mothers, royal marriages, harem, concubines | Early Modern | Turkey/Middle East |
Chapter | Freeman, Michelle. | "The Power of Sisterhood : Marie de France's 'Le Fresne'." | In Women and Power in the Middle Ages, eds. Mary C. Erler and Maryanne Kowaleski, Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1988. | UNAVAILABLE | UNAVAILABLE | Medieval | Europe |
Article | Freeman, Thomas S. | "Research, Rumour and Propaganda: Anne Boleyn in Foxe�s 'Book of Martyrs'." | The Historical Journal, 38:4, 1995, pp. 797�819. | Anne Boleyn | queenship, female power, religious patronage, religious influence, reform, propaganda | Early Modern | England |
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