Queens, Concubines, and Dowagers
Author: Pauline Stafford
Publisher: Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press
Published: 1983
Total Pages: 274
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Women and Gender in Medieval Europe
Author: Margaret Schaus
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 986
ISBN-13: 0415969441
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Queens, Consorts, Concubines: Gregory of Tours and Women of the Merovingian Elite
Author: E. T. Dailey
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2015-04-14
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 900429466X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Queens, Consorts, Concubines offers an analysis of Gregory of Tours on issues including widowhood, marriage, sanctity, and political agency, offering a reinterpretation of elite women in Gaul (e.g. Brunhild, Fredegund, Radegund), related subjects (e.g. Merovingian marital policy), and Late Antiquity generally.
Early English Queens, 650–850
Author: Stefany Wragg
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2022-06-06
Total Pages: 302
ISBN-13: 1000595226
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book offers the first dedicated and comprehensive examination of the lives of nearly thirty women known to occupy the office of queen in the English kingdoms between 650 and 850. The queens of early England are often shadowy figures in the historical record, beset by numerous issues which have largely confined them to the margins of history. Through careful analysis, the volume presents a ground-breaking appraisal of the role of queens in early England, and how their actions and identities shaped their practice of queenship. Organised thematically, it offers an overview of queens in many different roles, such as agents of Christianity, mothers, and peace-weavers. From high profile queens such as Æthelthryth of Ely and Cynethryth of Mercia, to the shadowy Leofrun of East Anglia and the nameless queen of Anna of East Anglia, the book engages with sources to advance fuller narratives about even the most obscure queens of the era. Aided by resources such as genealogical tables, Early English Queens, 650–850 is an ideal resource for students and scholars at all levels, as well general readers, interested in the lives of queens and early English history.
Women in the Piast Dynasty
Author: Grzegorz Pac
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2022-03-07
Total Pages: 582
ISBN-13: 9004508538
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This is the first comprehensive study of the role of women in the Polish Piast dynasty from 965 until c.1144, comparing them with female members of other contemporary medieval dynasties.
Queen, Empress, Concubine
Author: Claudia Gold
Publisher: Quercus Books
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9781847245427
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The number of women who have ruled as queens or empresses, or governed as presidents or prime ministers, remains but a small subset of the total of those who have attained ultimate political power. But this elite group of women, who - through dynastic succession, democratic election or other means - have reached the heights of political and ceremonial leadership, includes some of the most influential and charismatic figures of world history.Queen, Empress, Concubine paints vivid portraits of the lives of 50 extraordinary women who have held positions of executive or ceremonial power throughout history, from the Queen of Sheba to Margaret Thatcher. Each biographical profile sets its subject clearly in the culture and context of its time, enabling author Claudia Gold not only to tell the stories of 50 courageous and fiercely independent women, but also to provide a fascinating and informative alternative social history of the last 3500 years.
Reimagining Europe
Author: Christian Raffensperger
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2012-03-12
Total Pages: 297
ISBN-13: 0674068548
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An overriding assumption has long directed scholarship in both European and Slavic history: that Kievan Rus' in the tenth through twelfth centuries was part of a Byzantine commonwealth separate from Europe. Christian Raffensperger refutes this conception and offers a new frame for two hundred years of history, one in which Rus' is understood as part of medieval Europe and East is not so neatly divided from West. With the aid of Latin sources, the author brings to light the considerable political, religious, marital, and economic ties among European kingdoms, including Rus', restoring a historical record rendered blank by Russian monastic chroniclers as well as modern scholars ideologically motivated to build barriers between East and West. Further, Raffensperger revises the concept of a Byzantine commonwealth that stood in opposition to Europe-and under which Rus' was subsumed-toward that of a Byzantine Ideal esteemed and emulated by all the states of Europe. In this new context, appropriation of Byzantine customs, law, coinage, art, and architecture in both Rus' and Europe can be understood as an attempt to gain legitimacy and prestige by association with the surviving remnant of the Roman Empire. Reimagining Europe initiates an expansion of history that is sure to challenge ideas of Russian exceptionalism and influence the course of European medieval studies.
New Readings on Women in Old English Literature
Author: Helen Damico
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 1990-04-22
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780253205476
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Re-examines a critical tradition unchallenged since the 19th century. The 20 essays reassess the place of women in Anglo-Saxon culture as demonstrated by the laws, works by women, and the depiction of them in the standard Old English canon of literature (Beowulf, Alfred, Wulfstan, et al.) Categories include the historical record, sexuality and folklore, language and gender characterization, and several deconstructions of stereotypes. Paper edition (unseen), $14.50. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Three Medieval Queens
Author: Lisa Benz St. John
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2012-06-04
Total Pages: 254
ISBN-13: 113709432X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book is an innovative study offering the first examination of how three fourteenth-century English queens, Margaret of France, Isabella of France, and Philippa of Hainault, exercised power and authority. It frames its analysis around four major themes: gender; status; the concept of the crown; and power and authority.
The Last Medieval Queens
Author: J. L. Laynesmith
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 313
ISBN-13: 0199247374
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The last medieval queens of England were Margaret of Anjou, Elizabeth Woodville, Anne Neville, and Elizabeth of York - four very different women whose lives and queenship were dominated by the Wars of the Roses. This book is not a traditional biography but a thematic study of the ideology and practice of queenship. It examines the motivations behind the choice of the first English-born queens, the multi-faceted rituals of coronation, childbirth, and funeral, the divided loyalties between family and king, and the significance of a position at the heart of the English power structure that could only be filled by a woman. It sheds new light on the queens' struggles to defend their children's rights to the throne, and argues that ideologically and politically a queen was integral to the proper exercise of mature kingship in this period.
