Queenship in medieval Europe

• Verfasst von: Earenfight, Theresa [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Queenship in medieval Europe
• Verf.angabe: Theresa Earenfight
• Verlagsort: Basingstoke ; New York
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
• Jahr: 2013
• Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 356 Seiten)
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Queenship and power
• Fussnoten: Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
• ISBN: 978-1-137-30392-9
• Schlagwörter: (g)Europa / (s)Königin / (z)Geschichte 300-1500
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe: Earenfight, Theresa, 1954 - : Queenship in medieval Europe. - Basingstoke, Hampshire [u.a.] : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. - XI, 356 Seiten
• RVK-Notation: NM 1300
• Sach-SW: Electronic books
• K10plus-PPN: 1774211440
• K10plus-PPN:
  Universitätsbibliothek
• Lokale URL UB: Zum Volltext

Abstract

In the first comprehensive survey of Medieval queenship, Earenfight reveals how queens and empresses were fundamental to monarchies across Europe from 300 CE to the Renaissance. An engaging introduction to the study of queenship which presents key research and source material, and examines issues of gender, authority and power in Medieval society.

Abstract

Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrative Material -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Not Partial, Prejudiced or Ignorant: The Study of Queens and Queenship in Medieval Europe -- The geographic contours of European queenship -- The temporal boundaries of medieval queenship -- Sources and methods -- Theoretical frameworks -- Organization of the book -- A note on place names, translations and proper names -- 1 Theme and Variations: Roman, Barbarian and Christian Societies in the Fashioning of Medieval Queenship, c. 300-700 -- Eastern Roman Empire and early Byzantine Empire -- Frankish and Merovingian realms -- Early medieval Britain and Ireland -- The Iberian Peninsula and Italy -- Conclusions -- For further research -- 2 Legitimizing the King's Wife and Bed-Companion, c. 700-1100 -- The Byzantine Empire -- The Carolingian Empire -- Saxon and Ottonian empresses -- Early Capetian France -- England, Scotland and Wales -- Christian Iberia -- Eastern Europe, Scandinavia and Kievan Rus' -- Conclusions -- For further research -- 3 'The Link of Conjugal Troth': Queenship as Family Practice, c. 1100-1350 -- England and Scotland -- France -- The Iberian Kingdoms: LeÛn, Castile, the Crown of Aragon and Portugal -- The Mediterranean: the Byzantine Empire, Latin Crusader kingdoms and Italy -- The Empire, central and northern Europe -- Conclusions -- For further research -- 4 Queenship in a Crisis of Monarchy, c. 1350-1500 -- A woman writing about queens: Christine de Pizan and medieval political theory -- France -- England -- Scotland -- Iberia: Castile, the Crown of Aragon and Portugal -- The Empire, Hungary, Poland and Scandinavia -- Conclusions -- For further research -- 5 The Transformation of Queenship from Medieval to Early Modern Europe -- Notes -- For Further Reading -- Bibliography -- Index.