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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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chapter | Kreitner, Kenneth. | "Juan de Anchieta and the Rest of the World." | In Queen Isabel I of Castile: Power, Patronage, Persona, ed. Barbara Weissberger, Woodbridge: Tamesis, 2008. | Isabel I of Castile; Fernando of Aragon; and others | queenship, female power, sacred music, composers, music culture, political influences, social & culture transformations, patronage, court servants | Medieval/Early Modern | Spain/Europe |
Chapter | Krueger, Roberta L. | "Christine's Treasure: Women's Honor and Household Economies in the Livre des trios Vertus." | In Christine de Pizan: A Casebook, eds. Barbara K. Altmann and Deborah L. McGrady. London: Routledge, 2003. | Christine de Pizan | female power, gender roles, domesticity, honour, literary criticism, depictions, allegory, social harmony, cultural/moral achievement | Medieval | France |
Chapter | Kruse, Elaine. | "The Blood-Stained Hands of Catherine de Medici." | In Political Rhetoric, Power, and Renaissance Women, eds. Carole Levin and Patrica A. Sullivan, Albany: State University of New York Press, 1995. | Catherine de Medici; references to Henri II of France; Francis II of France; Charles IX of France; Henri III of France; and others | queenship, female power, political influence/participation, imagery, gender/gender roles, social relations, representation of women, literary & visual representation/depictions, portrayal/reputation, cultural memory | Early Modern | France |
Chapter | Kruse, Elaine. | "The Virgin and the Widow: The Political Finesse of Elizabeth I and Catherine de' Medici." | In Queens & Power in Medieval and Early Modern England, eds. Carole Levin and Robert Bucholz, Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2009. | Elizabeth I of England; Catherine de Medici; references to Mary I of England; Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots; Mary of Guise; and others | queenship, responses to female rule, epistolary culture, political agents, diplomacy, marriage negotiations, widow, virgin, persona/reputation, female life cycle | Early Modern | England |
Chapter | Kruse, Elaine. | "The Woman in Black: The Image of Catherine de Medici from Marlowe to Queen Margot." | In High and Mighty Queens of Early Modern England: Realities and Representation, eds. Carole Levin, Jo Eldrige Carney and Debra Barret-Graves, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. | Catherine de Medici; references to Henri II of France; Francois II of France; Charles IX of France; Henri III of France; Marguerite de Valois; Henri de Bourbon, King of Navarre; Elizabeth I of England; and others | queenship, female power, gender codes, literary depictions/representations, regency, political literature/tracts, representations/depictions, political culture, religious dissent | Medieval | France/England |
Chapter | Kruse, Elaine. | "'A Network of Honor and Obligation': Elizabeth as Godmother." | In Queens Matter in Early Modern Studies, ed. Anna Rielh Bertolet, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. | Elizabeth I of England; references to Mary of Guise; Katherine Parr; Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots; Marguerite de Valois; Catherine de Medici; Henry VIII of England; and others | queenship, female power, honour, foreign/domestic relations, affective/diplomatic/political bonds, motherhood, female roles, domesticity, social rituals, fealty/loyalty, religious roles/implications | Early Modern | England |
Article | Kujawa-Holbrook, Sheryl A. | "Katherine Parr and Reformed Religion." | Anglican and Episcopal History, 72:1, 2003, pp. 55�78. | Katherine Parr; references to Henry VIII of England; Mary I of England; Edward VI of England; Katherine of Aragon; Isabella of Castile; Elizabeth I of England; and others | queenship, female power, religious influence, reform, patronage, motherhood/stepmother, political/religious/court culture, humanism/humanist education, religious beliefs/piety | Early Modern | England |
Chapter | Kun, Lu; Wm. Theodore de Bary, Irene Bloom, eds. | "Preface to Models for the Inner Quarters." | In Sources of Chinese Tradition: From the Earliest Times to 1600, Volume I, eds. Wm. Theodore de Bary, Irene Bloom, New York: Columbia University Press, 1999. | N/A | female power, women teachers, gender roles, virtues | Medieval/Early Modern | China |
Chapter | Laborderie, Olivier. | "The First King of England? Egbert and the Foundations of Royal Legitimacy in Thirteenth-century Historiography." | 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. | Egbert of Wessex; references to Offa of Mercia; William the Conqueror; and others | monarchy, legitimacy, histories/chronicles, literary representations/depictions, legacy/reputation | Medieval | England |
Chapter | Laidlaw, James. | "Christine and the Manuscript Tradition." | In Christine de Pizan: A Casebook, eds. Barbara K. Altmann and Deborah L. McGrady. London: Routledge, 2003. | Christine de Pizan | female power, manuscript culture, language/linguistic corpus, illustrations, depictions, female agency | Medieval | France |
Article | Laine, Merit. | "An Eighteenth-Century Minerva: Lovisa Ulrika and Her Collections at Drottningholm Palace1744-1777." | Eighteenth-Century Studies, 31:4, 1998, pp. 493-503. | Louisa Ulrica of Prussia; Frederick II of Prussia (the Great); Fredrik (Frederick) I of Sweden; Adolf Frederick of Sweden; Gustav II Adolf of Sweden; Gustav III of Sweden; and others | queenship, female power, royal palace, architecture, patronage, political influence/participation, material culture, imagery, symbolism, cultural influence/legacy | Early Modern/Modern | Sweden |
Chapter | Lal, Ruby. | "Mughal Palace Women." | In Servants of the Dynasty: Palace Women in World History, ed. Anne Walthall, California: University of California Press, 2008. | Akbar the Great; Maham Anageh; Haji Begum; Gulbadan Begum; Gulchihreh; Salimeh Sultan Begum; and others | female power, royal household/palace, chronicles, court/domestic spaces, harem, female spaces/spheres, sanctity, institution of monarchy, female negotiations | Early Modern | India/Persia/Western Asia |
Chapter | Lamb, Mary Ellen. | "Dressing Queens (and Some Others): Signifying Through Clothing in Wroth�s Countess of Montgomery�s Urania." | In Queens Matter in Early Modern Studies, ed. Anna Rielh Bertolet, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. | Elizabeth I of England; James I/VI of England/Scotland; Anne of Denmark; and others | queenship, female power, material culture, language of clothing, political significance/meaning, literary representation/depictions, identity, status, symbolism, imagery, self-presentation | Early Modern | England |
Chapter | Lambert, Sarah. | "Crusading or Spinning." | In Gendering the Crusades, eds. Susan Edington and Sarah Lambert, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2001. | References to William I of England | female power, gender/gender roles, literary representation/depictions, symbolic/social meanings of masculinity, narratives, political/military participation, conduct/behaviours, religious motivations/symbolism/meanings | Medieval | Europe/Mediterranean |
Chapter | Lambert, Sarah. | "Queen or Consort: Rulership and Politics in the Latin East 1118-1228." | In Queens and Queenship in Medieval Europe: Proceedings of a Conference held at King's College London, April 1995, ed. Anne J. Duggan. Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2002. | Louis VII of France; Baldwin II of Jerusalem; Melisende of Jerusalem; Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem; Isabella I of Jerusalem; and others | queenship, female power, consorts, political influence/participation, dynasty/dynastic politics, succession, factions, political culture, inheritance, representation/depictions | Medieval | Europe |
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