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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 | Watkins, John. | "Marriage a la Mode, 1559: Elisabeth de Valois, Elizabeth I, and the Changing Practice of Dynastic Marriage." | In Queens & Power in Medieval and Early Modern England, eds. Carole Levin and Robert Bucholz, Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2009. | Elisabeth de Valois; Elizabeth I of England; references to Marguerite de Valois; Mary I of England; Philip II of Spain; Henri II of France; Catherine de Medici | queenship, female power, dynastic marriage, treaty/allies, religious upheaval, foreign relations/diplomatic history, political culture/European politics, aristocratic/female political culture | Early Modern | Europe |
Monograph | Watkins, John. | After Lavinia: A Literary History of Premodern Marriage Diplomacy. | London: Cornell University Press, 2017. | UNAVAILABLE | female power, royal customs, dynastic marriage, marriage treatises, literary representations/depictions, alliances, diplomacy, foreign relations, court culture, statecraft | Early Modern | England |
Chapter | Watson, Barbara Andaya. | "Women and the Performance of Power in Early Modern Southeast Asia." | In Servants of the Dynasty: Palace Women in World History, ed. Anne Walthall, California: University of California Press, 2008. | Amangkurat I; Louis XIV of France; Sultana Zakiyat al-Din Syah; and others | female power, royal household/palace, female servants, court culture, identity/status, performance of power, female participation, courtly/theatrical spaces | Early Modern | Southwest Asia |
Chapter | Watson, Nicholas. | "With the Heat of the Hungry Heart: Empowerment and Ancrene Wisse." | In Gendering The Master Narrative: Women and Power in the Middle Ages, eds. Mary C. Erler and Maryanne Kowaleski, New York: Cornell University Press, 2003. | N/A | female power, self-understanding, gendered bodies, hermits, literary representation/depictions, religious devotion, religion, female nature | Medieval | Europe |
Monograph | Weatherford, Jack. | The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued his Empire. | New York: Crown Publishers, 2010. | UNAVAILABLE | queenship, female power, empire, trade, education, religion/religious policies, royal family, dynasty/dynastic politics | Medieval | Asia |
Chapter | Webb, Diana. | "Queen and Patron." | 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. | Marguerite of Brabant; and others | queenship, female power, patronage, literary representation/depictions, religious devotion, political & court culture, religious iconography, saints | Medieval | Europe |
Article | Weber, Bernerd C. | "The Conference of Bayonne, 1565: An Episode in Franco-Spanish Diplomacy." | The Journal of Modern History, 11(1), 1939, pp. 1�22. | Carles IX of France; Philip II of Spain | kingship, diplomacy, foreign relations, religious policies/heresy | Early Modern | France/Spain |
Monograph | Weber, Caroline. | Queen of Fashion: What Marie Antoinette wore to the Revolution. | London: Aurum Press, 2007. | Marie Antoinette | queenship, female power, fashion, political controversy, imagery, literary & visual representations/depictions | Early Modern | France |
Chapter | Weikert, Katherine. | "The Empress Matilda and Motherhood in Popular Fiction, 1970s to Present." | In Virtuous or Villainess? The Image of the Royal Mother from the Early Medieval to the Early Modern Era, eds. Carey Fleiner and Elena Woodacre, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. | Matilda (Maude), Holy Roman Empress; references to Henry I of England; Heinrich V, Holy Roman Emperor; Stephen of England; and others | queenship, female power, motherhood, literary representation/depictions, political influence, diplomatic participation, reputation, popular culture, feminist ideals/studies, fictional characterisation | Medieval | England |
Chapter | Weikert, Katherine. | "Feminism, Fiction, and the Empress Matilda." | 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. | Matilda (Maude), Holy Roman Empress | queenship, female power, literary representations/depictions, historical fiction, postmodern ideas/beliefs, popular culture, reputation/legacy, literary criticism, sexuality, nature of women, gender roles | Medieval | England |
Chapter | Weil, Rachel. | "Royal Flesh, Gender and the Construction of Monarchy." | In The Body of the Queen: Gender and Rule in the Courtly World, 1500-2000, ed. Regina Schulte, New York: Berghahn Books, 2006. | Marie Antoinette; Louis XIV of France; Maria Teresa; references to Mary I of England; Elizabeth I of England; Mary II of England; Queen Anne; Charles II of England | queenship, female rule, monarchical body, gendered bodies, kingship, dual body concept/Kantorowicz, image, symbolism, political culture | Early Modern | Europe |
Edited Collection | Weiler, Bjorn K.U. and Ifor W. Rowlands, eds. | England and Europe in the Reign of Henry III (1216�1272). | Aldershot: Ashgate, 2002. | Henry III of England; references to Alfonso X of Castile; Joan of Scotland; Philippa of Hainault; Eleanor of Provence; and others | kingship, queenship, political & court culture, diplomacy, foreign relations, religious policies, monasticism, gender/gender roles, crusade/warfare | Medieval | England/Europe |
Monograph | Weir, Alison. | Katherine Swynford: The Story of John of Gaunt and his Scandalous Duchess. | London: Jonathan Cape, 2007. | Katherine Swynford; John of Gaunt; references to Edward III of England; Richard II of England | female power, mistress, reputation, literary & visual representations/depictions, dynasty, court culture, chivalry, biography | Medieval | England |
Monograph | Weir, Alison. | The Six Wives of Henry VIII. | New York: Ballantine Books, 1991. | Henry VIII of England; Katherine of Aragon; Anne Boleyn; Jane Seymour; Anne of Cleves; Katherine Howard; Catherine Parr; Elizabeth I of England; Mary I of England; and others | queenship, female power, reputation/legacy, political & court culture, religious faith/identity, literary & visual representations/depictions | Early Modern | England |
Monograph | Weir, Alison. | Elizabeth of York: The First Tudor Queen. | London: Jonathan Cape, 2013. | Elizabeth of York; references to Henry VII of England; Richard III of England; Margaret Beaufort; and others | queenship, female power, marriage, motherhood, reputation/legacy, literary & visual representations/depictions, religious piety/devotion, consort, familial relations, biography | Medieval | England |
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