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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) |
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Chapter | Vinson, Martha. | "Romance and Reality in the Byzantine Brideshows." | In Gender in the Early Medieval World: East and West, 300�900, eds. Leslie Brubaker and Julia M. H. Smith. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. | Constantine VI, Byzantine Emperor; Maria of Amnia; Staurakios, Byzantine Emperor; Theophano of Athens; Theophilis (Theophilos), Byzantine Emperor; Theodora of Paphlagonia; Michael III, Byzantine Emperor; Eudokia Dekapolitissa; Leo VI, Byzantine Emperor; Theophano Martinakia | female power, bride shows, marriage, courtship, religious ideology | Medieval | Mediterranean |
Edited Collection | Visentin, H�l�ne and Russell, Nicolas, eds. | French Ceremonial Entries in the Sixteenth Century: Event, Image, Text. | Toronto: Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, 2007. | Henri II of France; Francois (Francis) I of France; Henry IV of France; Mary Tudor (sister of Henry VIII of England); Henri III of France; and many others | monarchy, royal power, royal entries, ceremony, imagery/symbolism, literary & visual representations/depictions | Early Modern | France |
Chapter | Vistarini, Antonio Bernat, et al. | "A Lily among Thorns�: The Emblematic Eclipse of Spain�s Mar�a Luisa de Orle�ns in the Hieroglyphs of Her Funeral Exequies." | In The Emblematic Queen Extra-Literary Representations of Early Modern Queenship, ed. Debra Barrett-Graves, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. | Maria de Luna, Queen of Spain; references to Clovis I; Carlos II of Spain; Philippe I of Orleans; Henrietta of England; and others | queenship, female power, visual & literary representations/depictions, funeral, hieroglyphics, iconography, regents/regency, consort | Early Modern | Spain |
Source Book | Vives, Juan Luis; Charles Fantazzi, ed. and trans. | The Education of a Christian Woman: A Sixteenth-Century Manual. | Chicargo: University of Chicargo Press, 2000. | References to Mary I of England; Henry VIII of England | queenship, female power, female education, book dedications, marriage, motherhood | Early Modern | Europe |
Chapter | Vogel, Juliane. | "The Double Skin: Imperial Fashion in the Nineteenth Century." | In The Body of the Queen: Gender and Rule in the Courtly World, 1500-2000, ed. Regina Schulte, New York: Berghahn Books, 2006. | Elisabeth (Sisi) of Austria; references to Louis XIV of France; Eugenie of France; Elizabeth I of England; Marie Antoinette | queenship/kingship, monarchy, female power, royal apparel/fashion, dual body concept, symbolism, political & court culture, heraldry | Early Modern/Modern | Europe |
Monograph | Vovk, Justin C. | In Destiny's Hands: Five Tragic Rulers, Children of Maria Theresa. | New York: iUniverse, 2010. | Maria Theresa; Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor; Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor; Maria Carolina, Queen of Naples/Sicily; Maria Antonia (Antoinette), Queen of France; Amalia of Parma; and many others | queenship, kingship, female power, marriage, motherhood, diplomacy, foreign relations | Early Modern | Europe |
Monograph | Vray, Nicole. | Jeanne d'Albret et Henri IV: M�re et fils Reine de Navarre et roi de France: La foi et l'ambiguit�. | Lyon: Oliv�tan, 2013. | Jeanne d'Albret; Henri IV of France; references to Catherine of Bourbon | queenship, kingship, female power, motherhood, religious policies/conflict, diplomacy, foreign relations | Medieval | France |
Article | Waddington, Raymond B. | "Elizabeth I and the Order of the Garter." | The Sixteenth Century Journal, 24:1, 1993, pp. 97�113. | Elizabeth I of England; references to Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom; Henry VII of England; Henry VIII of England; Richard II of England; and others | queenship, female power, gender/gender roles, chivalry, ceremony, royal customs, political & court culture, royal household, | Early Modern | England |
Article | Waghall Nivre, Elisabeth. | "Writing Life - Writing News: Representations of Queen Cristina of Sweden in Early Modern Literature." | Renaissance Studies, 23:2, 2009, pp. 221-239. | Christina of Sweden | queenship, female power, literary representations/depictions, court culture/gossip, gendering sovereignty | Early Modern | Sweden |
Chapter | Wainwright, Jonathan P. | "Sounds of Piety and Devotion: Music in the Queen's Chapel." | In Henrietta Maria: Piety, Politics and Patronage, ed. Erin Griffey, Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2008. | Henrietta Maria | queenship, religious devotion, piety, chapel royal, religious practices/services, royal household, female power, political influence, musical symbolism | Early Modern | England/Europe |
Chapter | Walker, Rose. | "Leonor of England and Eleanor of Castile: Anglo-Iberian Marriage and Cultural Exchange in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries." | In England and Iberia in the Middle Ages, 12th-15th Century: Cultural, Literary, and Political Exchanges, ed. Maria Bull�n-Fern�ndez, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. | Leonor of England; Eleanor of Castile; references to Henry II of England; Eleanor of Aquitaine; Alfonso VIII of Castile; Fernando III of Leon and Castile; Henry III of England; Edward I of England; Alfonso X of Castile; Eleanor of Provence; and others | queenship, female power, royal marriages, cultural exchange, popular memory/legacy, literary depictions/representation, patronage, book/manuscript culture, burials | Medieval | England/Spain/Iberia |
Chapter | Wall, Valerie. | "Queen Margaret of Scotland (1070-1093): Burying the Past, Enshrining the Future." | In Queens and Queenship in Medieval Europe: Proceedings of a Conference held at King's College London, April 1995, ed. Anne J. Duggan. Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2002. | Margaret of Scotland; Malcolm III of Scotland; Matilda of Scotland; and others | queenship, female power, politics of succession, political influence/participation, court politics, marital relations, death, legacy | Medieval | Europe |
Monograph | Waller, Maureen. | Sovereign Ladies: The Six Reigning Queens of England. | London: John Marray, 2007. | Mary I of England; Elizabeth I of England; Mary II of England; Anne (Stuart) of Great Britain; Victoria of Great Britain; Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom | queenship, female power, political & court culture, heirs/succession | Early Modern | England |
Monograph | Waller, Maureen. | Ungrateful Daughters: The Stuart Princesses Who Stole Their Father's Crown. | London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2002. | James II of England; Mary II of England; Anne (Stuart) of Great Britain | queenship, female power, royal children, revolution, family relations, religious conflict, coup | Early Modern | England |
Chapter | Walsby, Malcolm. | "The Printed Book in Brittany during the reign of Anne de Bretagne." | 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) | queenship, patronage, book/print culture, court culture, artistic production, music, print dissemination/market/readership | Early Modern | France |
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