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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) |
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Chapter | Gathagan, Laura L. | "Mothers of Heroes, Most Beautiful of Mothers: Mathilda of Flanders and Royal Motherhood in the Eleventh Century." | 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. | Matilda of Flanders, Queen of England; references to Edith of Wessex, Queen of England; Edward the Confessor; and others | queenship, female power, motherhood, royal children, duty/expectation, royal marriage/marital relations, familial bonds, literary representation/depictions, reputation, succession | Medieval | England |
Monograph | Gaude-Ferragu, Murielle. | Queenship in Medieval France, 1300-1500. | New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2016. | Isabeau of Bavaria; Anne of Brittany; Catherine de Medici; Blanche of Castile; Joan of Bourbon; Marie of Anjou; Charlotte of Savoy; and others | queenship, female power, dynasty, royal majesty, political & court culture, political influence/participation, ceremony, patronage, literary & visual representation/depictions | Medieval | France |
Monograph | Gaude-Ferragu, Murielle; Angela Krieger, trans. | La Reine Au Moyen �ge: Le pouvour au f�minin XIV-XV si�cle, France. | Paris:Tallandier, 2014. | Marie of Anjou; Isabeau of Bavaria; Anne of Brittany; Anne de Beaujeu; Isabella of Portugal; and others | queenship, female power, imagery, literary & visual representations/depictions, political authority, court culture, royal wife, royal marriage/marital relations | Medieval | France |
Thesis | Gaudette, H. A. | "The Piety, Power, and Patronage of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem�s Queen Melisende." | Doctoral Dissertation, City University of New York, 2005. | Melisende of Jerusalem | UNAVAILABLE | Medieval | Jerusalem |
Chapter | Gaudette, Helen A. | "The Spending Power of a Crusader Queen: Melisende of Jerusalem." | In Women and Wealth in Late Medieval Europe, ed. T. Earenfight, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. | Melisende of Jerusalem; references to Eleanor of Aquitaine; Urraca of Leon-Castile; Matilda (Maude); and others | queenship, female power, religious patronage, dynasty, political culture/alliance, political influence/participation, religious activities, devotion, piety | Medieval | Jerusalem |
Thesis | Geaman, K. | "Childless Queens and Child-like Kings: Negotiating Royal Infertility in England, 1382�1471." | Doctoral Dissertation, University of Southern California, 2013. | UNAVAILABLE | UNAVAILABLE | Medieval | England |
Chapter | Geaman, Kristen. | "A Bastard and a Changeling? England�s Edward of Westminster and Delayed Childbirth." | In Unexpected Heirs in Early Modern Europe: Potential Kings and Queens, ed. Valerie Schutte, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. | Edward of Wesminster; Henry VI of England; Margaret of Anjou; and others | kingship, unexpected heir, representation/depictions, propaganda, fertility, conception, childbirth, effective rulership | Medieval | England |
Chapter | Gee, Loveday Lewes. | "Patterns of Patronage: Female Initiatives and Artistic Enterprises in England in the 13th and 14th Centuries." | In Reassessing the Roles of Women as �Makers� of Medieval Art and Architecture, ed. Therese Martin, Leiden: Brill, 2012. | Isabelle of Angouleme; Eleanor of Provence; Edward II of England; Edward III of England; Eleanor of Castile; Margaret of France; and others | female power, female artistic patronage, religious life, spirituality, identity/character, persona/representation, seals | Medieval | England |
Chapter | Geertz, Clifford. | "Centers, Kings and Charisma: Reflections on the Symbolics of Power." | In Local Knowledge: Further Essays in Interpretative Anthropology, ed. Clifford Geertz, New York: Basic Books, 1983. | Elizabeth I of England; Mulay Hasan; and others | monarchy, kingship, queenship, female power, sovereignty, allegory, symbolics/symbolism, display, royal progress, spectacles, literary & visual representation/depictions, authority | Medieval/Early Modern | Global |
Chapter | Gehring, David Scott. | "Elizabeth�s Correspondence with the Protestant Princes of the Empire, 1558�86." | In Elizabeth I's Foreign Correspondence Letters, Rhetoric, and Politics, eds. Carlo M. Bajetta, Guillaume Coatalen, and Jonathan Gibson, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. | Elizabeth I of England; references to Christopher, Duke of Wurttemberg; Otto Heinrich, Elector Palatine; Johann Friedrich II and Saxony-Weimar; and others | queenship, female power, correspondence/epistolary culture, diplomacy, foreign relations, religious politics/policies, personal religion | Early Modern | England/Europe |
Chapter | Genieys-Kirk, Severine. | "The Filmic Legacy of 'Queen Christina': Mika Kaurismaki's Girl King (2015) and Bernard Tavernier's Cinematic 'Amazons' in D'Artagnan's Daughter (1994) and The Princess of Monpensier (2010)." | 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. | Christina, Queen of Sweden; references to Gustav II Adolf of Sweden; and others | queenship, female power, cinematic representations/depictions, female agency, reputation, postmodern ideology | Early Modern | Sweden |
Chapter | Gerli, Michael E. | "Conflictive Subjectivity and the Politics of Truth and Justice in C�rcel de Amor." | In Queen Isabel I of Castile: Power, Patronage, Persona, ed. Barbara Weissberger, Woodbridge: Tamesis, 2008. | Isabel I of Castile; Fernando of Aragon; Enrique (Henry) IV of Castile; and others | queenship, female power, monarchy, court culture, literary texts, justice, literary representation/depictions, literary criticism, identity, social & cultural transformations | Medieval/Early Modern | Spain/Europe |
Chapter | Gerrard, Christine. | "Queens-in-waiting: Caroline of Ansbach and Augusta of Saxe-Gotha as Princess of Wales." | In Queenship in Britain, 1660�1837: Royal Patronage, Court Culture and Dynastic Politics, ed. Clarissa Campbell-Orr, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2002. | Caroline of Anspach (Ansbach); Augusta of Saxe-Gotha; and others | queen consort, dowager, princess of Wales, princess expectations, public/domestic roles, public identity, court culture, wife/mother, political culture, diplomacy | Early Modern | England/Britain |
Chapter | Ghr�daigh, Jenifer N�. | "Mere Embroiderers? Women and Art in Early Medieval Ireland." | In Reassessing the Roles of Women as �Makers� of Medieval Art and Architecture, ed. Therese Martin, Leiden: Brill, 2012. | �lfl�d; and others | female power, embroidery, female roles/patronage, image/iconography, craftswomen | Medieval | Ireland |
Chapter | Gibbons, Rachel C. | "Isabeau of Bavaria, Queen of France: Queenship and Political Authority as 'Lieutenante-G�n�ral' of the Realm." | In Queenship, Gender, and Reputation in the Medieval and Early Modern West, 1060-1600, eds. Zita Eva Rohr and Lisa Benz, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. | Isabeau of Bavaria; references to Charles VI of France; Henry V of England; Philip VI of France; Jeanne (Joan) of Burgundy; and others | queenship, female power, political authority/career, reputation, regents/regency, duties, wife/mother | Medieval | France |
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