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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 | Heidecker, Karl. | The Divorce of Lothar II: Christian Marriage and Political Power in the Carolingian World. | Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2010. | Lothar II of Lotharingia; Theutberga; | monarchy, kingship/queenship, marriage, divorce, religious politics, theology | Medieval | Europe |
Article | Heisch, Allison. | "Queen Elizabeth I: Parliamentary Rhetoric and the Exercise of Power." | Signs, 1(1), 1975, pp. 31�55. | Elizabeth I of England | queenship, female power, literary representation/depictions, speeches, rhetoric, diplomacy, gender roles, nature of women | Early Modern | England |
Article | Helms, Dietrich. | "Henry VIII's Book: Teaching Music to Royal Children." | The Musical Quarterly, 92:1-2, 2009, pp. 118-135. | Henry VIII of England; references to Mary I of England; Edward VI of England; Katherine of Aragon; and others | monarchy, kingship, royal children, education, secular music, court culture, musical composition | Early Modern | England |
Chapter | Hen, Yitzhak. | "Gender and the Patronage of Culture in Merovingian Gaul." | 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. | References to Pippin III (Pepin the Short) of Franks; Sigibert I (Sigebert) of Austrasia; Brunhild (Brunhilda of Austrasia); Chilperic I of Neustria; Fredegund, Queen of Neustria/Soissons; Charibert I of Paris; Radegund (abbess) of Thuringia; and others | gender/gender roles, patronage/sponsorship, court & aristocratic culture, religious culture, male/female patronage, comparative study | Medieval | Europe |
Article | Henderson, Simon. | "Catherine the Great - Enlightened Empress?" | History Review, 51, 2005, pp. 14-19. | Catherine II (the Great) of Russia | queenship, female power, government, enlightenment, religious toleration, cultural influence, political power/participation | Modern | Russia |
Chapter | Hendserson, Diana E. | "Elizabeth's Watchful Eye and George Peele's Gaze: Examining Female Power Beyond the Individual." | In Women and Sovereignty, ed. Louise Olga Fradenburg, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1992. | Elizabeth I of England; references to Philip II of Spain; Francis, Duke of Anjou; and others | queenship, female power, political image-making, gender/gender identity, literary & visual representation/depictions, court drama/play, female political power, political & court culture, literary criticism | Early Modern | England |
Chapter | Henry, Dennis. | "Maude and Ellie Play Chess." | In Scholars and Poets Talk About Queens, eds. Carole Levin and Christine Stewart-Nunez, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. | Matilda (Maude), Holy Roman Empress; Eleanor of Aquitaine; Henry II of England; and others | play, representation/persona, female power, queen regnant | Medieval | England |
Chapter | Herbert, Maire. | "Goddess and King: The Sacred Marriage in Early Ireland." | In Women and Sovereignty, ed. Louise Olga Fradenburg, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1992. | Medb of Cruachu; Medb Lethderg of Leinster; and others | sacred marriage, Irish culture, myth/mythic imagery, royal ideology, female sovereignty, literary representation/depiction, iconography, gender roles, nature of women, mythological figures | Early Modern | Ireland |
Monograph | Herman, Eleanor. | Sex with Kings: Five Hundred Years of Adultery, Power, Rivalry, and Revenge. | New York: Harper Perennial, 2004. | Alexander II of Russia; Alfonso IV of Portugal; Alfonso XI of Castile; Anne of Austria; Anne Boleyn; Caroline of Ansbach; Catherine de Medici; Catherine of Braganza, Charles II of Great Britain; Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor; Edward VII of Great Britain; Edward VIII of United Kingdom; Frederick III of Prussia; Harald of Norway; Henri IV of France; Henry VIII of England; Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor; Juana the Mad; Louis XIV of France; Ludwig II of Bavaria; Maximilian II of Bavaria; Philip IV of Spain; Richard I of England; Sophia Dorothea of Prussia; Marguerite de Valois; William I, the Conqueror of England; and others | kingship, female power, mistresses, political & court culture, royal marriage, religion, succession, dynasty, bastards, heirs, religious ideology, reputation, literary & visual representation depictions | Medieval/Early Modern/Modern | Europe |
Monograph | Herman, Eleanor. | Sex with the Queen: Nine Hundred Years of Vile Kings, Virlie Lovers, and Passionate Politics. | New York: Harper Perennial, 2006. | Anne Boleyn; Caroline Matilda of Denmark; Carline of Brunswick; Catherine Howard; Sophia Dorothea of Prussia; Alexandra, Empress of Russia; Diana, Princess of Wales; Elise of Tuscany; Eleanor of Aquitaine; Elizabeth de Valois of Spain; Eudoxia of Russia; Hortense of the Netherlands; Isabell II of Spain; Isabel of Castile; Maria Carolina of Naples; Maria Theresa, Holy Roman Empress; and others | queenship, female power, agency, royal marriage, royal authority, reputation, nature of women, gender roles, imagery, virtues, literary & visual representation, political & court culture, religion, religious ideology | Medieval/Early Modern/Modern | Europe |
Monograph | Heywood, Linda M. | Njinga of Angola: Africa's Warrior Queen. | Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2017. | Njinga of Angola | queenship, female power, political participation/influence, martial identity, agency, foreign relations, diplomacy, warfare, gender roles, nature of women | Early Modern | Africa |
Article | Hibbard, Caroline. | "Early Modern Queens Revived and Revised." | Journal of Women's History, 22:2, 2010, pp. 181-190. | References to Eleanor of Castile; Elizabeth I of England; Matilda (Maude): Mary I of England; Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots; and others | queenship, historiography, female power, royal authority, agency, political & court culture, consorts, gendered bodies | Early Modern | Europe |
Chapter | Hibbard, Caroline. | "'By Our Direction and For Our Use': the Queen's Patronage of Artists and Artisans Seen Through her Household Accounts." | In Henrietta Maria: Piety, Politics and Patronage, ed. Erin Griffey, Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2008. | Henrietta Maria | queenship, female power, patronage, artist/art, fashion, objects, court culture/education, image/appurtenance, royal household | Early Modern | England/Europe |
Monograph | Hicks, Michael A. | Anne Neville. | London: Faber & Faber, 2011. | Anne Neville; references to Richard III of England | queenship, female power, royal marriage, widow, reputation | Medieval | England |
Chapter | Hicks, Michael. | "What was Personal about Personal Monarchy in the Fifteenth Century?" | In The Image and Perceptions of Monarchy in Medieval and Early Modern Europe, eds. Sean Mcglynn and Elena Woodacre, Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014. | Edward IV of England; Henry VI of England; Richard III of England; and others | personal monarchy, political & court culture, effective rulership, patronage, royal household, petitions, access/influence | Medieval | England |
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