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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 | Swann, Marjorie. | "Sex and the Single Queen: The Erotic Lives of Elizabeth Tudor in Seventeenth-Century England." | 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 | queenship, female power, sexuality, nature of women, cultural legacy, political ideologies, depictions/representations, virginity/chastity | Early Modern | England |
Article | Swift, F. Darwin. | "Marriage Alliance of the Infanta Pedro of Aragon and Edward I of England, 9 Oct.1273." | The English Historical Review, 5:18, 1890, pp. 326-328. | Pedro of Aragon; Edward I of England; references to Sancha of Provence; Henry III of England | kingship, royal authority, marriage alliance, diplomacy, foreign relations | Medieval | England |
Chapter | Sykora, Katharina. | "Queer Queen: Elizabeth I in Sally Potter�s Film Orlando." | In The Body of the Queen: Gender and Rule in the Courtly World, 1500-2000, ed. Regina Schulte, New York: Berghahn Books, 2006. | Elizabeth I of England | queenship, gendered bodies, sexuality, film depictions, representation | Early Modern | England |
Chapter | Szkilnik, Michelle. | "Mentoring Noble Ladies: Antoine Dufour's Vies des femmes c�l�bres." | In The Cultural and Political Legacy of Anne de Bretagne: Negotiating Convention in Books and Documents, ed. Cynthia J. Brown, Woodbridge: Boydell & Brewer, 2010. | Anne de Bretagne (Anne of Brittany); references to Christine de Pizan, Anne de Beaujeu, Charles VIII, Louis XII | queenship, manuscript illustrations, patronage, court culture, counsel, religious texts, nature of women | Early Modern | France |
Chapter | S�nchez, E. Sarasa. | "Urraca de Castilla." | In Reinas de Navarra, ed. Julia Pavon, Madrid: Silex/Gobierno de Navarra, 2014. | Urraca of Castile | UNAVAILABLE | Medieval | Portugal |
Chapter | S�nchez, Magdalena S. | "'She Grows Careless': The Infanta Catalina and Spanish Etiquette at the Court of Savoy." | In Early Modern Dynastic Marriages and Cultural Transfer, eds. Joan-Llu�s Palos and Magdalena S. S�nchez, Surrey: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2016. | Catalina Micaela, Duchess of Savoy; Philip II of Spain; Anna of Austria; and others | dynastic marriages, court culture, cultural exchange, dynasty/dynastic politics, etiquette, female household, diplomacy | Early Modern | Europe |
Monograph | S�nchez, Magdalena S. | The Empress, The Queen, and The Nun: Women and Power at the Court of Philip III of Spain. | Baltimore: The John Hopkins University Press, 1998 | Maria Anna, Holy Roman Empress; Margaret of Austria; Margaret of the Cross; Philip III of Spain | queenship, female power, political influence/participation, court culture | Early Modern | Spain |
Article | S�nchez, Magdalena S. | "Melancholy and Female Illness: Habsburg Women and Politics at the Court of Philip III." | Journal of Women�s History, 8:2, 1996, pp. 81�102. | Maria Anna, Holy Roman Empress; Margaret of Austria; Philip II of Spain; Philip III of Spain; Rudolph II (Rudolf), Holy Roman Emperor; Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor; and others | queenship, female power, royal marriage, melancholy, illness/disease, political influence/views | Early Modern | Spain |
Chapter | Takeda, Junko Th�r�se. | "'The Princesses� Representative' or Renegade Entrepreneur? Marie Petit, the Silk Trade, and Franco-Persian Diplomacy." | In Colonization, Piracy, and Trade in Early Modern Europe: The Roles of Powerful Women and Queens, eds. Estelle Paranque, Nate Probasco, and Claire Jowitt, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. | Marie Petit; references to Louis XIV of France; Sultan Hosayn; Sultan Suleiman; Francois (Francis) I of France; Vakhtang VI of Georgia; Louis XIII of France | female power, trade, merchant culture, diplomacy, political & cultural identity, foreign relations, cross-cultural exchange, role of women, political culture | Early Modern | France/Western Asia/Middle East |
Monograph | Tallis, Nicola. | Elizabeth's Rival: The Tumultuous Life of the Countess of Liecester: The Romance and Conspiracy that Threatened Queen Elizabeth's Court. | New York: Pegasus Books, 2018. | Elizabeth I of England; Lettice Knollys | queenship, female power, rivals/adversary, court culture, royal customs | Early Modern | England |
Monograph | Tallis, Nicola. | Crown of Blood: The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey. | London: Michael O'Mara Books Limited, 2016. | Jane Grey | queenship, female power, religious faith/radical, childhood, accession, political decisions, martyr | Early Modern | England |
Article | Tammen, Bjorn R. | "A Feast of Arts: Joanna of Castille in Brussels, 1496." | Early Music History, 30, 2011, pp. 213 - 248. | Joanna (Juana/the Mad) of Castile | queenship, female power, manuscript/book, illustrations, royal entry, music, religious iconography, musical messages, rhetoric | Early Modern | Europe |
Chapter | Tanner, Heather J. | "Queenship: Office, Custom, or Ad Hoc? The Case of Queen Matilda III of England (1135�1152)." | In Eleanor of Aquitaine: Lord and Lady, eds. Bonnie Wheeler and John C. Parsons, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. | Matilda III (Matilda of Boulogne); Eleanor of Aquitaine | queenship, female predecessor, customs, women's activities, relationships to power, political office, kingship, royal household, symbolism, ceremony/rituals, court culture | Medieval | England/France |
Chapter | Tarnowski, Andrea. | "The Lessons of Experience and the Chemin de long estude." | In Christine de Pizan: A Casebook, eds. Barbara K. Altmann and Deborah L. McGrady. London: Routledge, 2003. | Christine de Pizan | female agency, intellectual development, court culture, philosophy, lived experiences, nature of women | Medieval | France |
Chapter | Tassi, Marguerite A. | "Tears for Hecuba: Empathy and Maternal Bereavement in Golding�s Translation of Ovid�s Metamorphoses." | In Scholars and Poets Talk About Queens, eds. Carole Levin and Christine Stewart-Nunez, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. | Hecuba, Queen of Troy; Elizabeth I of England | queenship, female power, literary depictions, mythological representation, imagery, rhetoric, royal mother, symbolism | Early Modern | England |
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