Titlebook: Queenship, Gender, and Reputation in the Medieval and Early Modern West, 1060-1600; Zita Eva Rohr,Lisa Benz Book 2016 The Editor(s) (if ap

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Conspiracy and Alienation: Queen Margaret of France and Piers Gaveston, the King’s Favoriters view it as a bond between brothers-in-arms. Scholars have argued that his relationship with Gaveston hindered Edward II’s young wife, Queen Isabella, the daughter of the French king, Philip IV, from taking part in court life and politics. This chapter examines the possible problems Edward II’s re

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Isabeau of Bavaria, Queen of France: Queenship and Political Authority as “Lieutenante-Général” of th century was unprecedented. In the aftermath of the madness of her husband, Charles VI (1380–1420), Isabeau was propelled into unexpected prominence as an emergency Head of State—and, one might argue, unwanted prominence as well, given the bitterness of the struggle for power between the king’s mal

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Book 2016 work and geographic range of the field. This book is a forerunner in queenship and re-invents the reputations of the women and some of the men. The contributors answers questions about the nature of queenship, reputation of queens, and gender roles in the medieval and early modern west. The essays

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Lifestyles of the Rich and (In?)Animate: Object Biography and the Reliquary Cross of Queen Adelaide of the cross is traced, in its inception as well as in the centuries following its creation, and it will be argued that, while a queen may be absent from the written record, she could still manipulate material culture to her advantage and use it as a medium for expressing her own power, however real or imagined.

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The Unruly Queen: Blanche of Namur and Dysfunctional Rulership in Medieval Swedenand in charge, Magnus’s stubborn refusal to have sex with Blanche is to blame for her becoming independent and unruly. This chapter explores the role and rhetoric of sexuality in late medieval propaganda directed at queens consort.

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Etienne Pasquier on French History and Female Strategies of Powers published . that women inevitably influenced the ascent of great men, as well as the course of French history itself. This chapter demonstrates how Pasquier gives women of consequence their due, be they heroines or renegades as they strategized to preserve the State in unsteady times of succession or of the king’s infirmity.

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