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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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Antiquarian Sourcebook | Lawrance, Hannah. | Historical Memoirs of the Queens of England, from the Commencement of the Twelfth Century. | London: Edward Moxon, 1838. | UNAVAILABLE | UNAVAILABLE | Medieval/Early Modern | England |
Monograph | Laynesmith, J.L. | The Last Medieval Queens: English Queenship 1445-1503. | Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. | Margaret of Anjou; Henry VI of England; Margaret Beaufort; Henry VII of England; Elizabeth Woodville; Edward IV of England; Henry VIII of England; Anne Neville; Elizabeth of York; and others | queenship, female power, government, political influence/participation, institution of monarchy, legitimization of kingship, sovereignty, motherhood, wife, political & court culture, royal family, household | Medieval | England |
Chapter | Laynesmith, Joanna. | "Telling Tales of Adulterous Queens in Medieval England: From Olympias of Macedonia to Elizabeth Woodville." | In Every Inch a King, eds. Lynette Mitchell and Charles Melville, Leiden: Brill, 2012. | Elizabeth Woodville; Margaret of Anjou; Isabella of France; and others | queenship, female power, literary texts/treatises, imagery, literary & visual representation/depictions, adultery, | Medieval | England |
Chapter | Lazar, Mosh�. | "Cupid, The Lady, and The Poet: Modes of Love at Eleanor of Aquitane's Court." | In Eleanor of Aquitaine: Patron and Politician, ed. William W. Kibler, Austin: University of Texas Press, 1976. | Eleanor of Aquitaine | queenship, patronage, poetry/literary depictions, court culture | Medieval | England/France |
Edited Collection | Lazard, M. and J. Cubelier de Beynac, eds. | Marguerite de France, reine de Navarre, et son temps. | Agen: Presse de Imprimerie Coop�rative, 1994. | Marguerite of France (Marguerite de Valois) | UNAVAILABLE | Early Modern | France/Spain |
Chapter | Le Roux, Nicolas. | "A Time of Frenzy: Dreams of Union and Aristocratic Turmoil (1610�1615)." | In Dynastic Marriages 1612/1615: A Celebration of the Habsburg and Bourbon Unions, ed. Margaret M. McGowan, Farnham: Ashgate, 2013. | N/A | architecture, visual display, costumes, spectacles/celebration, marriage ceremony, carrousel | Early Modern | France |
Chapter | Leah Crumm�, Hannah. | "Jane Dormer�s Recipe for Politics: A Refuge Household in Spain for Mary Tudor�s Ladies-in-Waiting." | In The Politics of Female Households: Ladies-in-Waiting across Early Modern Europe, eds. Nadine Akkerman and Birgit Houben, Leiden: Brill, 2014. | Mary I of England; references to Anna of Denmark; Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor; Carlos I of Spain; and others | female power, politics/political culture, court culture, female courtiers, ladies-in-waiting, royal household, maids of honour, papal authority, religious politics, female/religious networks, domestic exchange | Early Modern | England/Spain |
Chapter | Lecky, Katarzyna. | "How the Iceni Became British: Holinshed�s Boudicca and the Rhetoric of Naturalization." | In Scholars and Poets Talk About Queens, eds. Carole Levin and Christine Stewart-Nunez, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. | Boudicca; references to Edward VI of England; Mary I of England; Elizabeth I of England | queenship, female power, chronicles, political/religious culture, literary depictions, national identity/citizenship, representation, unity | Ancient/Early Modern | England/Britain |
Chapter | Lee, James. | "Urban Records and the Crown." | In The Fifteenth Century, III: Authority and Subversion, ed. Linda Clark, Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 1994. | References to Henry VIII of England; Edward IV of England; Richard III of England; Henry VII of England: and others | royal/civic authority, governance, recorder, political/civic offices | Medieval | England |
Article | Lee, Patricia-Ann. | "A Body Politique to Governe: Aylmer, Knox and the Debate on Queenship." | Historian, 52:2, 1990, pp. 242-261. | Elizabeth I of England | queenship, female power/rule, gender/gender roles, notions of women, religious ideology, gendered bodies, public discourse | Early Modern | England |
Chapter | Leech, Mary. | "Why Dame Ragnell had to Die: Feminine Usurpation of Male Authority in 'The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnell'." | In The English �Loathly Lady� Tales: Boundaries, Traditions, Motifs, eds. Elizabeth Passmore and Susan Carter, Kalamazoo: Medieval Institute Publications, 2007. | N/A | female power, rulership, gender roles, male/female authority, literary representation/depictions, social dynamics | Medieval | Europe |
Chapter | Leerssen, J.Th. | "Skeletons in the Cupboard: The 'Glorious' Revolution and Ireland." | In Fabrics and Fabrications The Myth and Making of William and Mary, eds. Paul Hoftijzer and C.C. Barfoot, Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1990. | William III of England; Mary II of England; James II of England | absolute monarchy, national propaganda, political & constitutional culture, foreign relations, policy, literary representation/depictions, religious conflict/controversy | Early Modern | England |
Chapter | Lees-Jeffries, Hester. | "Location as Metaphor in Queen Elizabeth's Coronation Entry (1559): Veritas Temporis Filia." | In The Progresses, Pageants, and Entertainments of Queen Elizabeth I, eds. Jayne Elisabeth Archer, Elizabeth Goldring, and Sarah Knight, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. | Elizabeth I of England; references to Anne Boleyn; James VI/I of Scotland/England; Edward VI of England; and others | queenship, female power, ceremony/rituals, coronation, pageants, symbolism, spectator, royal entry, cultural geography, imagery | Early Modern | England |
Monograph | Leese, Thelma A. | Blood Royal: Issue of the Kings and Queens of Medieval England, 1066�1399: The Normans and Plantagenets. | Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1996. | UNAVAILABLE | kingship, queenship, royal heirs, genealogy | Medieval | England |
Chapter | Legar�, Anne-Marie. | "'La librairye de madame': Two Princesses and their Librairies." | In Women of Distinction: Margaret of York and Margaret of Austria, eds. Dagmar Eichberger and Yvonne Bleyerveld. Turnhout: Brepols, 2005. | Margaret of York; Margaret of Austria | queenship, female power, patronage, legacy/reputation, material culture, literature/texts, books/book culture, libraries/library culture | Medieval/Early Modern | Europe |
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