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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 | Levin, Carole. | "Pregnancy, False Pregnancy, and Questionable Heirs: Mary I and Her Echoes." | In The Birth of a Queen: Essays on the Quincentenary of Mary I, eds. Sarah Duncan and Valerie Schutte, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. | Mary I of England; references to Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII of England, Philip II of Spain, and others | queenship, female power, phantom pregnancy, heir, female bodies, health/illness, political & cultural influence | Early Modern | England |
Monograph | Levin, Carole. | The Heart and Stomach of a King: Elizabeth I and the Politics of Sex and Power. | Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013. | Elizabeth I of England | queenship, female power, gender role, literary representation/depictions, political & court culture, gender roles, nature of women, speeches | Early Modern | England |
Chapter | Levy, Fritz. | "The Theatre and the Court in the 1590s." | In The Reign of Elizabeth I: Court and Culture in the Last Decade, ed. John Guy, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. | Elizabeth I of England | queenship, female power, theatre/drama, spectacles, political & court culture, metaphorical space, court politics, literary & visual representation/depictions | Early Modern | England |
Article | Lewalski, Barbara Kiefer | "Anne of Denmark and the Subversions of Masquing." | Criticism, 35(3), 1993, pp. 341�355. | Anne of Denmark | queenship, court culture, masque/royal entertainments, symbolism, image | Early Modern | Scotland |
Chapter | Lewis, Andrew W. | "The Birth and Childhood of King John: Some Revisions." | In Eleanor of Aquitaine: Lord and Lady, eds. Bonnie Wheeler and John C. Parsons, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. | Eleanor of Aquitaine; John (Lackland) of England | female power, motherhood, familial bonds, royal upbringing | Medieval | England/France |
Thesis | Lewis, Andrew W. | Royal Succession in Capetian France. | Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1981. | Adela of Champagne; Adelaide of Poitou; Blanche of Castile; Charlemagne; Charles IV of France; Charles I of Sicily; Constance of Arles; Edward II of England; Hedwig (Jadwiga) of Poland; Henry II of England; Henry I of France; Hugh Capet, King of Franks; Isabella of England; Isabella of Hainaut; Jeanne of Burgundy; Jeanne of Navarre; John (Lackland) of England; Louis VI of France; Louis VII of France; Louis VIII of France; Louis IV of France; Marie of Brabant; Philip I of France; Philip II of France; Philip III of France; Robert II of France; and others | kingship, queenship, royal heirs, succession, dynasty/dynastic politics, foreign relations, diplomacy, bastards/illegitimacy, coronations, law/legal status, patrimony | Medieval | France |
Monograph | Lewis, Jayne Elisabeth. | Mary Queen of Scots: Romance and nation. | London: Routledge, 2004. | Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots; references to Elizabeth I of England; Victoria of Great Britain; and others | queenship, female power, literary & visual representation/depictions, identity, cultural memory, popular culture, imagery, symbolism | Early Modern | Scotland/England |
Article | Lewis, Jayne. | "The Reputations of Mary Queen of Scots." | Etudes Ecossaisses, 10, 2005, pp. 41-55. | Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots; references to Henri II of France; Elizabeth I of England; James I/VI of England/Scotland; and others | queenship, female power, reputation, political & religious culture, literary & visual representations/depictions, cultural memory, religious reputation | Early Modern | England |
Chapter | Lewis, Katherine J. | "Model Girls? Virgin-martyrs and the Training of Young Women in Late Medieval England." | In Young Medieval Women, eds. Katherine J. Lewis, No�l James Menuge and Kim M. Phillips, New York: St. Martin�s Press, 1999. | References to Elizabeth (St.) of Hungary; Christine de Pizan; others | female power, virgin-martyr cult, literary & visual representation/depictions, behavioural models, education/training, conduct book, religious ideology/influences | Medieval | England |
Chapter | Lewis, Katherine J., No�l James Menuge and Kim M. Phillips, eds. | Young Medieval Women. | New York: St. Martin�s Press, 1999. | Edith (wife of Edward the Confessor); Eleanor of Aquitaine; Elizabeth of Hungary; Elizabeth of York; Isabel of Castile; Joan of Arc; Joan of Navarre; Katherine of Aragon; Margaret of Anjou; Christine de Pizan; Elizabeth Woodville; and others | queenship, female power, female saints, religious devotion/influences, literary & visual representations/depictions, political & religious culture, conduct literature/texts, marriage, female body/sexuality, gender/gender roles, duties/expectations | Medieval | Europe |
Chapter | Lin, Hang. | "Nomadic Mothers as Rulers in China: Female Regents of the Khitan Liao (907-1125)." | In Royal Mothers and Their Ruling Children: Wielding Political Authority From Antiquity to the Early Modern Era, eds. Elena Woodacre and Carey Fleiner, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. | UNAVAILABLE | UNAVAILABLE | Medieval | China |
Chapter | Linnell, Anna-Marie. | "Becoming a Stewart Queen Consort: Nuptial Texts for Henrietta Maria of France and Catherine of Braganza, Queen of Britain." | In Queens Consort, Cultural Transfer and European Politics, c.1500-1800, eds. Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly and Adam Morton, London: Routledge, 2017. | Henrietta Maria of France; Catherine of Braganza, Queen of Britain | female power, wedding/marriage, text/print culture, court culture, symbolism | Early Modern | England/France |
Monograph | Liss, Peggy K. | Isabel the Queen: Life and Times. | Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004. | Isabel la Catolica (Isabella I of Castile); references to Ferdinand; Juan II of Castile; Isabel of Portugal; | queenship, female power, royal relationships/marriage, political influence/participation, warfare/martial leadership, religious policies/conflict, foreign relations, diplomacy, social & cultural influence, cultural memory/legacy | Medieval/Early Modern | Spain |
Chapter | Liss, Peggy K. | "Isabel, Myth and History." | In Isabel la Cat�lica, Queen of Castile: Critical Essays, ed. David Boruchoff, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. | Isabel la Catolica (Isabella I of Castile) | UNAVAILABLE | Medieval/Early Modern | Spain |
Chapter | Liss, Peggy. | "Isabel of Castile (1451-1504), Her Self-Representation and Its Context." | In Queenship and Political Power in Medieval and Early Modern Spain, ed. Theresa Earenfight, Aldershot: Ashgate, 2005. | Isabel (Isabella) of Castile; references to Elizabeth I of England; Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor; and others | queenship, female political power, imagery, motherhood, self-representation, symbols/symbolism, ceremony, spectacles, identity, martial representation | Medieval/Early Modern | Spain |
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