The five queens of Navarre were the largest group of female sovereigns in one European realm during the Middle Ages, but they are largely unknown beyond a regional audience. This survey fills this scholarly lacuna, focusing particularly on issues of female succession, agency, and power-sharing dynamic between the queens and their male consorts.
Spis treści
1. Introduction: Geography and Gendered Rule 2. Juana I: The Vacant Throne 3. Juana II: The Queen Returns Home 4. Blanca I: The Peacemaker 5. Leonor: Civil War and Sibling Strife 6. Catalina I: Unequal to the Task? 7. Conclusions
O autorze
Elena Woodacre is Lecturer in Early Modern European History at the University of Winchester, UK.
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Język Angielski ● Format PDF ● Strony 267 ● ISBN 9781137339157 ● Rozmiar pliku 2.1 MB ● Wydawca Palgrave Macmillan US ● Miasto New York ● Kraj US ● Opublikowany 2013 ● Do pobrania 24 miesięcy ● Waluta EUR ● ID 3091317 ● Ochrona przed kopiowaniem Społeczny DRM