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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 | Nolan, Kathleen. | Queens in Stone and Silver: The Creation of a Visual Imagery of Queenship in Capetian France. | New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. | UNAVAILABLE | queenship, female power/agency, imagery, visual representation/depictions, effigies, tombs, seals, material culture, self-representation | Medieval | France |
Chapter | Nolan, Kathleen. | "The Tomb of Adelaide of Maurienne and the Visual Imagery of Capetian Queenship." | In Capetian Women, ed. Kathleen Nolan, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. | Adelaide of Maurienne; references to Ingeborg of Denmark; Blanche of Castile; Anne of Russia; Henry I of France; and others | queenship, female power, visual representation/depictions, imagery, tombs, political activism/influence, cultural identity, patronage, religious institutions | Medieval | France |
Chapter | Norberg, Kathryn. | "Women of Versailles, 1682-1789." | In Servants of the Dynasty: Palace Women in World History, ed. Anne Walthall, California: University of California Press, 2008. | Louis XIV of France; Marie Antoinette; Anne of Brittany; Charles VIII of France; Catherine de Medici; Anne of Austria; Marie Therese; Maria Leszczynska of Poland; and others | female power, royal household/palace, royal wives/mistresses, elite/noble women, court culture, physical/gendered spaces, access | Early Modern | France |
Chapter | Noren, Trond Iraksen. | "The Prince Who Would be King: Henrik of Denmark's Struggle for Recognition." | In The Man Behind the Queen: Male Consorts in History, eds. Charles Beem and Miles Taylor, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. | Henrik of Denmark (Henri de Laborde de Monpezat); references to Frederik IX of Denmark; Margrethe II of Denmark; Margrethe I of Denmark; Erik of Pomerania; Victoria of England; Christina of Sweden; and others | queenship, succession, male consort, traditions/customs, cultural & diplomatic relations, media, xenophobia, assimilation/acculturation, public/private roles | Modern | Denmark |
Chapter | Norrie, Aidan. | "A Man? A Woman? A Lesbian? A Whore?: Queen Elizabeth I and the Cinematic Subversion of Gender." | In Premodern Rulers and Postmodern Viewers: Gender, Sex, and Power in Popular Culture, eds. Janice North, Karl C. Alvestad and Elena Woodacre, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. | Elizabeth I of England; references to Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, and others | queenship, female power, cinematic representations/depictions, gendered roles, female body, nature of women, female king, public/private sphere, sexuality, persona/characterisation | Early Modern | England |
Edited Collection | North, Janice, Alvestad, Karl C. and Elena Woodacre, eds. | Premodern Rulers and Postmodern Viewers: Gender, Sex, and Power in Popular Culture. | Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. | Anne Neville; Anne Boleyn; Catherine II of Russia (the Great); Christina of Sweden; Edward II of England; Eleanor of Aquitaine; Elizabeth I of England; Elizabeth Woodville; Henry VIII of England; Isabel (Isabella) I of Castile; Isabella of Angouleme; Isabella of France; John (Lackland) of England; Juana I of Castile; Margaret Beaufort; Margaret of Anjou; Mary I of England; Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots; Mohammad XII (Boabdil) of Granada; Olaf II of Norway; Philip II of Spain; and others | queenship, kingship, female power, sexuality, cinematic/literary representations/depictions, audience reception, reputation/persona, portrayals, popular culture, cultural influence, historical fiction, characterisations, gender roles, masculinity/femininity, conversion, religious politics/belief | Medieval/Early Modern | Europe |
Chapter | North, Janice. | "Queen Mother Knows Best: Maria de Molina and the Vestiges of Medieval Politics in Modern Historiography." | 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. | Mary (Maria) of Molina | UNAVAILABLE | Medieval | Spain |
Chapter | North, Janice. | "From Mad Love to Mad Lust: The Dangers of Female Desire in Twenty-First Century Representations of Juana I of Castile in Film and Television." | In Premodern Rulers and Postmodern Viewers: Gender, Sex, and Power in Popular Culture, eds. Janice North, Karl C. Alvestad and Elena Woodacre, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. | Juana I of Castile; references to Ferdinand II of Aragon; Isabel la Catolica (Isabella I of Castile); and others | queenship, female power, sexuality/desire, cinematic representations/depictions, illness/health, madness, popular memory, myth, femininity , nature of women | Medieval/Early Modern | Spain |
Chapter | O'Brien, Erica. | "The Politics of Perception: A Duchess's Devotional Skill in La Vie de Sainte Colette (ms.8)." | 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. | Margaret of York; references to Edward IV of England; Charles the Bold of Burgundy; and others | female power, political & court culture, perception, religious devotion, patronage, religious texts, devotional portraits, piety, religious/political influence, objects, miniatures, self-perception, saints/saint culture | Medieval/Early Modern | France/Europe |
Chapter | O'Callaghan, Joseph F. | "The Many Roles of the Medieval Queen: Some Examples from Castile." | In Queenship and Political Power in Medieval and Early Modern Spain, ed. Theresa Earenfight, Aldershot: Ashgate, 2005. | Alfonso X of Castile-Leon; Agnes of Aquitaine; Constance of Burgundy; Berta of Tuscany; Urraca; Alfonso I of Aragon; Eleanor of Aquitaine; Matilda (Maude), Holy Roman Empress; and others | queenship, female power, gender roles, female/queen duties & expectations, wife, mother, patronage/patroness, dowager, widow, regent, legal status, dynasty, martial relations | Medieval | Spain |
Chapter | O'Callaghan, Tamara F. | "Tempering Scandal: Eleanor of Aquitaine and Beno�t de Sainte-Maure�s Roman de Troie." | In Eleanor of Aquitaine: Lord and Lady, eds. Bonnie Wheeler and John C. Parsons, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. | Eleanor of Aquitaine | queenship, literary patron, book dedication, depictions/representations, court culture | Medieval | England/France |
Edited Collection | Oakley-Brown, Liz and Louise J. Wilkinson, eds. | The Rituals and Rhetoric of Queenship: Medieval to Early Modern. | Dublin: Four Courts, 2009. | Isabella of England; Philippa of Lancaster; Elizabeth Woodville; Elizabeth of York; Anne Boleyn; Mary I of England; Elizabeth I of England; Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots; and others | queenship, female power, consort, character/reputation, literary & visual representation/depictions, dynasty/dynastic politics, political influence/participation, female agency, cultural influence | Medieval/Early Modern | Europe |
Chapter | Oakley-Brown, Liz. | "'My lord, be ruled by me': Shakespeare�s Tamora and the Failure of Queenship." | In The Rituals and Rhetoric of Queenship: Medieval to Early Modern, eds. Liz Oakley-Brown and Louise J. Wilkinson, Dublin: Four Courts, 2009. | UNAVAILABLE | UNAVAILABLE | Early Modern | Europe |
Monograph | Okerlund, Arlene Naylor. | Elizabeth of York. | New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2009. | Elizabeth of York; references to Henry VII of England; and others | queenship, female power, royal marriage, dynasty, political & court culture, patronage, character/legacy, political & culture influence, literary representation/depictions | Medieval | England |
Article | Olden-J�rgensen, S. | "State Ceremonial, Court Culture and Political Power in Early Modern Denmark, 1536-1746." | Scandinavian Journal of History, 27:2, 2002, pp. 65�76. | Frederick III of Denmark-Norway; August II (Augustus/the Strong) of Saxony; Louis XIV of France; Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor; Frederick II (the Great) of Prussia; Christian III of Denmark; Frederic II (Frederick), Holy Roman Emperor; Christian IV of Denmark-Norway; Magdalena Sibylla of Saxony; Christina of Sweden; Frederick V of Denmark; Christian VII of Denmark; Sophie of Mecklenburg-G�strow; and others | kingship, institution of monarchy, political & court culture, ceremony/rituals, public sphere, spectacles/festivals, symbolism, social & political communication, court etiquette, diplomacy, foreign relations, propaganda, ballet, music, masque, dances, literary & visual representation/depictions | Early Modern | Denmark |
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