Monograph

Wood, C. T.

Joan of Arc and Richard III: Sex, Saints, and Government in the Middle Ages.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988.

Joan of Arc; Richard III of England

female power, kingship, biography, cult of saints, literary & visual representation/depictions, political culture, adultery, scandals, governance, diplomacy, foreign relations

Medieval

Europe

Chapter

Wood, Charles T.

"Fontevraud, Dynasticism, and Eleanor of Aquitaine."

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

Eleanor of Aquitaine; references to Henry II of England; Jeanne of Toulouse; Richard I (the Lionheart) of England; Isabelle of Angouleme

queenship, dynasticism, funerary culture, tombs, gender roles, religious devotion, effigies

Medieval

England/France

Chapter

Wood, Charles T.

"The First Two Queens Elizabeth, 1464-1503."

In Women and Sovereignty, ed. Louise Olga Fradenburg, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1992.

Elizabeth Woodville; Elizabeth of York; references to Edward V of England; Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots; Matilda (Maude), Holy Roman Empress; Henry VIII of England; and others

queenship, female power, wives/mothers, sovereign success, gender roles/ideology, female duties/expectations, religious notions of gender, maternal symbols/imagery, representation/depictions

Medieval/Early Modern

England

Chapter

Wood, Ian.

"Genealogy Defined by Women: The Case of the Pippinids."

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.

Brunhild; Chlothar II of Neustria; Fredegund of Soissons; Irmingard (Ermengarde) of Hesbaye; Judith of Bavaria; Charlemagne; and many others

kingship, queenship, female power, genealogies, patrilineal, inheritance, succession, cultural lineage, dynasty, kin-groups

Medieval

Europe

Edited Collection

Woodacre, Elena and Carey Fleiner, eds.

Royal Mothers and Their Ruling Children: Wielding Political Authority From Antiquity to the Early Modern Era.

New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

Agrippa the Younger; Catherine de Medici; Judith of Thuringia; Eleanor of Aquitaine; Juana Enriquez; Khitan Liao; Louisa of Savoy; Maria de Molina; Adelheid (Adelaide) of Italy; and many others

queenship, female power, motherhood, political & royal authority, royal children, dynasty/dynastic politics, political & court culture, marriage/marital relations, maternal ambition, adultery, legitimacy, coins, seals, negotiators/mediators, regency/regents, historiography

Antiquity/Medieval/Early Modern

Europe

Edited Collection

Woodacre, Elena, ed.

Queenship in the Mediterranean: Negotiating the Role of the Queen in the Medieval and Early Modern Eras.

New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013

Beatriz of Portugal; Blanca of Navarre; Catherine (Catalina) of Lancaster; Clemence of Hungary; Eleanor of Aquitaine; Irene of Athens; Isabel la Catolica (Isabella I of Castile); Isabel of Aragon; Isabel of Portugal; Joanna of Sicily; Kenza Al-Awrabia; Lalla Khnata; Leonor of Aragon; Leonor of Castile; Leonor Teles of Portugal; Margaret of Navarre; Maria Caolina of Habsburg-Lorraine; Maria of Aragon; Marie Clotilde Adelaide Xaviere of France; Philippa of Lancaster; Theordora Porphyrogentia, Empress of Byzantium; Violante of Aragon; Yolande of Aragon; Zeinab Nefzawia; and many others

queenship, female power, female power, female agency, royal authority, nature of women, gender roles, political kingdoms, dynasties/dynastic politics, familial networks/relations, political & court culture, patronage, piety, religious figures, religious politics, political participation/influence, marriages, identity, representation/depictions, reputation, historiography, diplomacy, cultural exchange, motherhood, widowhood, consorts, regents, succession

Medieval/Early Modern

Mediterranean

Chapter

Woodacre, Elena.

"Leonor of Navarre: The Price of Ambition."

In Queenship, Gender, and Reputation in the Medieval and Early Modern West, 1060-1600, eds. Zita Eva Rohr and Lisa Benz, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.

Leonor of Navarre; Blanca I of Navarre; Juan I of Aragon; Richard III of England; and others

queenship, female power, succession, civil war, literary reprentation/depiction, reputation, villain, popular memory/culture, family relations, political participation/influence

Medieval

Spain

Chapter

Woodacre, Elena.

"'Most Excellent and Serene Lady': Representations of Female Authority in the Documents, Seals and Coinage of the Reigning Queens of Navarre (1274-1512)."

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.

Juana I of Navarre; Philip III of France; Philip IV of France; Juana II of Navarre; Philip d'Evreux; Blanca I of Aragon; Juan of Aragon; Leonor of Navarre; and others

queenship, female power/authority, visual & textual representation, regents/regency, expressions of rulership, legitimacy, public image, language

Medieval

Spain

Chapter

Woodacre, Elena.

"Early Modern Queens on Screen: Victors, Victims, Villains, Virgins, and Viragoes."

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; Isabel I of Castile; Catherine II of Russian (the Great); Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots; and others

queenship, female power, cinematic representations/depictions, popular culture, political influence, female politicians

Early Modern

Europe

Chapter

Woodacre, Elena.

"Blanca, Queen of Sicily and Queen of Navarre: Connecting the Pyrenees and the Mediterranean via an Aragonese Alliance."

In Queenship in the Mediterranean: Negotiating the Role of the Queen in the Medieval and Early Modern Eras, ed. Elena Woodacre, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Blanca I (Blanche) of Navarre; Carlos III; Juana II of Navarre; Juan I of Aragon; and many others

queenship, female power, geographical politics, alliance, political marriage, political career/participation, foreign relations/policies, diplomacy, succession, motherhood, queen lieutenant

Medieval

Mediterranean

Chapter

Woodacre, Elena.

"The Perils of Promotion: Maternal Ambition and Sacrifice in the Life of Joan of Navarre, Duchess of Brittany, and Queen of England."

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.

Joan of Navarre; references to Jean IV, Duke of Brittany; Henry IV of England; and others

queenship, female power, motherhood, maternal ambition, royal children, marriage, status/promotion of titles, reputation, witch, chronicles/biographies, literary representation/depictions, maternal expectations/duties

Medieval

Spain/England

Monograph

Woodacre, Elena.

The Queens Regnant of Navarre: Succession, Politics, and Partnership, 1274-1512.

Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Juana I (the Mad) of Navarre; Juana II of Navarre; Blanca I (Blanche) of Navarre; Leonor (Eleanor) of Navarre; Catalina (Catherine) of Navarre

queenship, female rule, sovereignty, female succession, agency, consorts, gender/gender roles, diplomacy, foreign relations, civil war, political influence/participation

Medieval/ Early Modern

Spain/Navarre

Chapter

Woodacre, Elena.

"The Kings Consort of Navarre 1284-1512."

In The Man Behind the Queen: Male Consorts in History, eds. Charles Beem and Miles Taylor, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Juan II of Aragon; Blanca I of Navarre; Philip IV of France; Juana I (the Mad) of Navarre; Philip of Evreux; Juana II of Navarre; Elizabeth of Hungary; Giovanna I of Naples; and others

consorts, co/joint-rule, monarchical partnership, gender roles, authority, duties, military leadership, domestic/political power-sharing, political conflict, male widowhood

Medieval/Early Modern

Spain/Navarre

Chapter

Woodall, Richardine.

"Shakespeare's Queen Cleopatra: An Act of Translation."

In Queens & Power in Medieval and Early Modern England, eds. Carole Levin and Robert Bucholz, Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2009.

Cleopatra; references to Elizabeth I of England; James I/VI of England/Scotland; Mary I of England; Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots

female power, plays/drama, translations, nature of women, gender roles, sexuality, literary representations/depictions, masculine leadership, spectacles/processions

Early Modern

England

Chapter

Woods, Jonathan.

"Mary I, Mary of Guise and the Strong Hand of the Scots: Marian Policy in Ulster and Anglo-Scottish Diplomacy, 1553�1558."

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.

Mary I of England; Mary of Guise; references to Philip II of Spain

queenship, female power, political culture, diplomacy, epistolary culture, rhetoric/language, foreign relations, sovereignty

Early Modern

England/Ireland/ Scotland