The book also considers Elizabeth as "authored," studying how she is reflected in the writing of her contemporaries and reconstructing a wider web of relations between the public and private use of language in early modern culture.
The book also considers Elizabeth as "authored," studying how she is reflected in the writing of her contemporaries and reconstructing a wider web of ...
Queen Marie Antoinette, wife of King Louis XVI of France and Queen Henrietta Maria, wife of King Charles I of England were two of the most notorious queens in European history.
Queen Marie Antoinette, wife of King Louis XVI of France and Queen Henrietta Maria, wife of King Charles I of England were two of the most notorious q...
In this volume twenty distinguished scholars separate documented history, plausible invention, and outright fantasy in a lively series of scholarly, but accessible and engaging essays.
In this volume twenty distinguished scholars separate documented history, plausible invention, and outright fantasy in a lively series of scholarly, b...
Analysing Juana's problems and strategies, failures and successes, Fleming argues that the period cannot be properly understood without taking into account the long shadow that Juana I cast over her kingdoms and over a crucial period of transition for Spain and Europe.
Analysing Juana's problems and strategies, failures and successes, Fleming argues that the period cannot be properly understood without taking into ac...
Of Shakespeare's thirty-seven plays, fifteen include queens. Essays span Shakespeare's career and cover a range of famous and lesser-known queens, from the furious Margaret of Anjou in the Henry VI plays to the quietly powerful Hermione in The Winter's Tale;
Of Shakespeare's thirty-seven plays, fifteen include queens. Essays span Shakespeare's career and cover a range of famous and lesser-known queens, fro...
Contributors show that whether serving as the font of dynastic authority or playing informal roles of child-bearer, patron, or religious promoter, royal women have been central to the issue of dynastic loyalty throughout the ancient, medieval, and modern eras.
Contributors show that whether serving as the font of dynastic authority or playing informal roles of child-bearer, patron, or religious promoter, roy...
The discourse of political counsel in early modern Europe depended on the participation of men, as both counsellors and counselled. For scholars of history, politics and literature in early modern Europe, this book enriches our understanding of royal women as political actors.
The discourse of political counsel in early modern Europe depended on the participation of men, as both counsellors and counselled. For scholars of hi...
In tenth-century Europe and particularly in Germany, imperial women were able to wield power in ways that were scarcely imaginable in earlier centuries.
In tenth-century Europe and particularly in Germany, imperial women were able to wield power in ways that were scarcely imaginable in earlier centurie...
