Edited Collection

McCash, June Hall, ed.

The Cultural Patronage of Medieval Women.

Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1996.

UNAVAILABLE

queenship, female power, patronage, religious imagery, art, representation, epistolary culture, book/print culture

Medieval

Europe

Article

McClain, Molly.

"Love, Friendship, and Power: Queen Mary II's Letters to Frances Apsley."

Journal of British Studies, 47:3, 2008, pp. 505-527.

Mary II (Stuart) of England; references to William of Orange; Anne (Stuart), Queen of Great Britain; Charles II of England; and others

queenship, female power, correspondence, epistolary culture, royal marriage, friendship, sexuality, political & court culture, political alliances, literary culture, literary criticism, literary representations/depictions

Early Modern

England

Chapter

McClanan, Anne L.

"The Empress Theodora and the Tradition of Women's Patronage in the Early Byzantine Empire."

In The Cultural Patronage of Medieval Women, ed. June Hall McCash. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1996.

Theodora Augusta, Eastern Roman Empress

UNAVAILABLE

Ancient/Medieval

Mediterranean/Byzantium

Monograph

McClanan, Anne L.

Representations of Early Byzantine Empresses: Image and Empire.

New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002.

Ariadne, Eastern Roman Empress; Theodora Augusta, Eastern Roman Empress; Sophia, Byzantium Empire Empress; Helena (Saint), Roman Empress; Eudokia (Eudocia), Eastern Roman Empress; Pulcheria, Eastern Roman Empress: and others

queenship, female power, royal marriage, dynasty/dynastic politics, imagery, symbolism, literary & visual representation/depictions, regent/regency, consort, motherhood

Ancient/Medieval

Mediterranean/Byzantium

Article

McCleery, Iona.

Isabel of Aragon (d.1336): Model Queen or Model Saint?

Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 57:4, 2006, pp. 668-602.

Isabel of Aragon (Elizabeth of Portugal/Saint); references to Dinis (Denis/Farmer King) of Portugal; Elizabeth of Thuringa;

queenship, female power, religious devotion/piety, saints, reputation/legacy, courtesy literature, literary & visual representations/depictions

Medeival

Iberia/Portugal

Chapter

McCoy, Richard C.

"Lord of Liberty: Francis Davison and the Cult of Elizabeth."

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; references to Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots; James VI/I of Scotland/England; and others

propaganda, literary & artistic representations/depictions, courtly spectacles, political & court culture, rituals/rites, theatre/drama

Early Modern

England

Chapter

McCracken, Peggy.

"Scandalizing Desire: Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Chroniclers."

In Eleanor of Aquitaine: Lord and Lady, eds. Bonnie Wheeler and John C. Parsons, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.

Eleanor of Aquitaine; references to Sultan Saladin

queenship, reputation/persona, female desire, sexuality, chronicles, adultery, definitions of queenship, passion

Medieval

England/France

Monograph

McCracken, Peggy.

The Romance of Adultery: Queenship and Sexual Transgression in Old French Literature.

Philidelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1998.

Adelaide of Maurienne; Agnes of Meran; Agobard of Lyons; Blanche of Castile; Eleanor of Aquitaine; Eleanor of Castile; Ermengarde, Holy Roman Empress; Ingeborg of Denmark; Irene, Byzantium Empress; Jeanne de Navarre; Marguerite of Navarre; Marguerite of Burgundy; Melisende of Jerusalem; Matilda (Maude), Holy Roman Empress; and many others

queenship, female power, royal marriage, adultery, gender/gender roles, sexuality, royal succession, gender/gender roles, female bodies, dual body concept, reputation, rumours, rivalry, motherhood, illegitimacy, royal & female authority, sovereignty, religious & political culture, court culture

Medieval

France

Monograph

McCracken, Peggy.

The Curse of Eve, the Wound of the Hero: Blood, Gender, and Medieval Literature.

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2003.

References to Christine de Pizan; Hildegard of Bingen; Joan of Arc; Katarine of Sweden; Marie of France; and others

female power, gender/gender roles, nature of women, female bodies, literary & visual representation/depictions, motherhood, blood/menstruation

Medieval

Europe

Chapter

McGee, C.E.

"Mysteries, Musters, and Masque The Import(s) of Elizabethan Civic Entertainments."

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 James VI/I of Scotland/England; Henry VII of England; Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots; and others

queenship, female power, civic entertainments/pageants, civic culture, musters, martial leadership, masque, political & court culture, diplomacy, foreign relations

Early Modern

England

Edited Collection

McGlynn, Sean and Elena Woodacre, eds.

The Image and Perceptions of Monarchy in Medieval and Early Modern Europe.

Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.

Alexander III of Scotland; Alfred the Great; Anne of Denmark, Queen of England; Blanca I of Navarre; Edward IV of England; Elizabeth I of England; Enrique IV of Castile; Ferdinand II of Aragon; Francis I of France; Henry V of England; Henry VI of England; Henry VIII of England; Isabeau of Bavaria; Isabel I of Castile; James VI/I of Scotland/England; Jeanne d'Albret (Jeanne III of Navarre); Juan II of Castile; Juana I of Navarre/France); Leonor of Navarre; Mary I of England; Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots; Philip the Bold of Burgundy; Richard II of England; Yolande of Aragon; and others

queenship, kingship, monarchy, female power, political authority, diplomacy, foreign relations, dynasty/dynastic politics & power, drama/plays, entertainment/spectacles, royal entries, gender roles/bodies, sexuality, funerals, ceremony/rituals, gift giving/exchange, cultural exchange, political/cultural influence, succession, inheritance, imagery/symbolism, marriage/marital relations, literary representation/depictions, motherhood, regents/consorts, sovereignty

Medieval/Early Modern

Europe

Chapter

McGlynn, Sean.

"Fighting the Image of the Reluctant Warrior: Philip Augustus as Rex-not-quite-so-bellicious."

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.

Philip II of France; references to Edward III of England; Richard I (the Lionheart) of England; Alexander III (the Great) of Macedon; and others

kingship, monarchy, war-like, military achievements, image/perception, reputation, cultural memory, chivalry, diplomacy, foreign relations, politician

Medieval

France/Europe

Chapter

McGowan, Margaret M.

"Elizabeth I, the Old English, and the rhetoric of counsel."

In Elizabeth I and Ireland, eds. Brendan Kane and Valerie McGowan-Doyle, Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Elizabeth I of England

queenship, female rule, counsel, rhetoric, political culture, displacement, officers/councillors

Early Modern

England/Ireland

Chapter

McGowan, Margaret M., ed.

"Literary Traditions and their Afterlife."

In Dynastic Marriages 1612/1615: A Celebration of the Habsburg and Bourbon Unions, ed. Margaret M. McGowan, Farnham: Ashgate, 2013.

Ferdinando de Medici; Christine de Lorraine; and others

festivals, dynastic marriages, studies, court culture, theatre, performance, spectacles, representation/depictions, meanings, symbols

Early Modern

Europe

Edited Collection

McGowan-Doyle, Valerie.

Dynastic Marriages 1612/1615: A Celebration of the Habsburg and Bourbon Unions.

Farnham: Ashgate, 2013.

Anne d'Autriche; Anne of Denmark; Elizabeth (Stuart) of Bohemia; Elizabeth (Bourbon) of France; Margaret of Austria; Marie de Medici; and many others

queenship, kingship, female power, royal marriage, weddings, celebrations/ceremony, dynasty/dynastic politics, political & court culture, ballets, spectacles/festivals, diplomacy, foreign relations, music, political influence/participation, imagery, literary & visual representations/depictions

Early Modern

Europe