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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 | Bianchini, Janna. | The Queen�s Hand: Power and Authority in the Reign of Berenguela of Castile. | Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2012. | Berenguela of Castile; Eleanor of Aquitaine; Blanche of Castile | female power, royal authority, marriage, dynastic alliances, gender roles, identity, succession, regency | Medieval | Spain/Iberia |
Chapter | Bianchini, Janna. | "Daughters, wives, widows, lords: Dynastic Identity and Affective Bonds among Infantas in Twelfth-Century Le�n-Castile." | In Reginae Iberiae. El poder regio femenino en los reinos medievales peninsulares, eds. Miguel Garc�a-Fern�ndez and Silvia Cernadas Mart�nez, Santiago de Compostela: Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 2015. | various queens/notable women | female power, dynasty, identity, motherhood, political culture | Medieval | Spain/Ibera |
Chapter | Biebel-Stanley, Elizabeth M. | "Sovereignty through the Lady: 'The Wife of Bath's Tale' and the Queenship of Anne of Bohemia." | In The English �Loathly Lady� Tales: Boundaries, Traditions, Motifs, eds. Elizabeth Passmore and Susan Carter, Kalamazoo: Medieval Institute Publications, 2007. | Anne of Bohemia, Queen of England | queenship, female power, sovereignty, governance, political & court culture | Medieval | England |
Chapter | Bishai, Nadia. | "'Which thing had not before been seen': The Rituals and Rhetoric of the Execution of Anne Boleyn, England�s First Criminal Queen." | In The Rituals and Rhetoric of Queenship: Medieval to Early Modern, eds. Liz Oakley-Brown and Louise J. Wilkinson, Dublin: Four Courts, 2009. | Anne Boleyn | gender expectations, criminal behaviour, rhetoric, reputation | Early Modern | England |
Chapter | Biskup, Thomas. | "Four Weddings and Five Funerals: Dynastic Integration and Cultural Transfer between the Houses of Braunschweig and Brandenburg in the 18th century." | In Queens Consort, Cultural Transfer and European Politics, c.1500-1800, eds. Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly and Adam Morton, London: Routledge, 2017. | Elisabeth Christine of Prussia; Philippine Charlotte of Prussia | monarchy, dynastic politics, wedding culture, royal progresses | Early Modern | Germany |
Chapter | Biskup, Thomas. | "The Hidden Queen: Elisabeth Christine of Prussia and Hohernzollern Queenship in the Eighteenth Century." | In Queenship in Europe, 1660-1815: The Role of Consort, ed. Clarissa Campbell Orr, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. | Elisabeth Christine of Prussia | queenship, consort, political & court culture, diplomat, royal authority, foreign relations | Early Modern | Germany |
Monograph | Bitel, Lisa. | Land of Women: Tales of Sex and Gender from Early Ireland. | Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1996. | Queen Medb | female sovereignty, female behaviour, sexuality, gender roles, famial networks | Medieval | Ireland |
Chapter | Bitter, Michael. | "Count Ernest Johann Buhren and the Russian Court of Anna Ioannova." | In The Man Behind the Queen: Male Consorts in History, eds. Charles Beem and Miles Taylor, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. | Anna Ioannova; Count Ernest Johann Buhren | queenship, male consort, political & court culture | Early Modern | Russia |
Monograph | Black, Jeremy. | Kings, Nobles and Commoners: States and Societies in Early Modern Europe. | London: I.B. Tauris, 2004. | Anna of Russia; Catherine I of Russia; Catherine II (the Great) of Russia; Charles I of England; Charles II of Spain; Charles III of Spain; Charles IX of France; Charles IX Sweden; Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor; Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor; Charles VIII, Holy Roman Emperor; Charles XII of Sweden; Elisabeth of Russian; Elizabeth I of England; and many others | monarchy, royal authority, queenship/kingship, political & court culture, religion, dynasty, warfare, sociability, identity, statecraft, absolutism | Early Modern | Europe |
Monograph | Black, Nancy B. | Medieval Narratives of Accused Queens. | Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2003. | Marie d'Oignes; Elizabeth of Hungary (Saint); Christine de Pizan; Margaret Tudor (of Beaufort); Blanche of Burgundy; Blanche of Castile; Elda; Eleanor of Aquitaine; Elizabeth of Hainaut; Elizabeth of York; Emma of England; Marie of France; Isabelle of Bavaria; Isabelle of Bourbon; Isabelle of Portugal; Isabelle, Queen of England; Joan of Burgundy; Joan of Navarre; Margaret of Anjou; Margaret of Scotland; Marguerite of Burgundy; Marie of France; Marie of Anjou; Marie of Brabant; Matilda of England; Osanne; and many male monarchs are mentioned | female power, female sanctity, imagery, religious iconography, literary depictions, chivalry, honour, heroines, female saints | Medieval | Europe |
Chapter | Blackmans, Wim. | "Women and Diplomacy." | In Women of Distinction: Margaret of York and Margaret of Austria, eds. Dagmar Eichberger and Yvonne Bleyerveld. Turnhout: Brepols, 2005. | Margaret of York; Margaret of Austria | diplomacy, female authority, political & court culture | Medieval/Early Modern | Europe |
Article | Blake, Stephen P. | "Courtly Culture under Babur and the Early Mughals." | Journal of Asian History, 20:2, 1986, pp. 193�214. | Babur; Timur; Chinggis (Genghis) Khan; Ghazan; and others | kingship, monarchy, court culture, patronage, masculinity, warfare, | Medieval | India |
Monograph | Blakeway, Amy | Regency in Sixteenth-Century Scotland. | Martlesham: The Boydell Press, 2015. | Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots; James VI/I of Scotland/England | monarchy, regency, female rule, political & court culture, officers & administrators | Early Modern | Scotland |
Monograph | Blanton, Virginia. | Signs of Devotion: The Cult of St. �thelthryth in Medieval England, 695�1615. | University Park: Penn State University Press, 2007. | �thelthryth; Anna, King of East Anglia; Elizabeth of Hungary (Saint); Edward the Confessor; Joan of Valois; Matilda of England; Marie of France; King Stephen; and others | queenship, female power, female saints & sanctity, | Medieval/Early Modern | England |
Chapter | Blessing, Carol. | "Elizabeth I as Deborah the Judge: Exceptional Women of Power." | In Goddesses and Queens: The Iconography of Elizabeth I, eds. Annaliese Connolly and Lisa Hopkins, Manchester University Press, 2007. | Elizabeth I of England; references to Mary I of England, Joan of Arc, James I/VI of England/Scotland | queenship, female power, representation, symbolism, biblical references, religion, female political authority | Early Modern | England |
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