Queenship in the Mediterranean by Elena Woodacre

The Rule of Women in Early Modern Europe edited by Anne J.

Explores the relationships among women who ruled. The Monstrous Regiment of Women: Female Rulers in Early Modern Europe by Sharon L. Focuses on the mutual respect between Mary I Elizabeth I Mary, Queen of Scots and Catherine de' Medici. When Women Ruled the World: Making the Renaissance in Europe by Maureen Quilligan. A group biography of queens including Isabella of Castile, Catherine de Medici, Margaret of Austria, Mary Queen of Scots, and Elizabeth I. Game of Queens: The Women Who Made Sixteenth-Century Europe by Sarah Gristwood. Collection of essays about queens in Britain, Naples, Russia, Spain, Sweden, and more. Queens Consort, Cultural Transfer and European Politics, c.1500-1800 by Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly and Adam Morton. Examines misunderstood or forgotten queens dowager and queens consort from 1016 to 1800. Medieval & Early Modernįorgotten Queens in Medieval and Early Modern Europe: Political Agency, Myth-Making, and Patronage edited by Valerie Schutte and Estelle Paranque. Tells the true story of the four daughters of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence: Marguerite, wife of King Louis IX of France Eleanor, wife of England's King Henry III Sanchia, wife of richest man in Europe, who bought himself a crown and Beatrice, queen of Sicily. Medieval Queenship edited by John Carmi Parsons presents 10 essays about medieval European queens.įour Queens: The Provençal Sisters Who Ruled Europe by Nancy Goldstone. Papers on Emma of England, Margaret of Scotland, coronation and burial ritual, Byzantine empresses and Scandinavian queens, among others. Queens and Queenship in Medieval Europe edited by Anne Duggan. In this collection of essays, historians analyze how male consorts wielded power, how gender affected their role, and how they contributed to royal families over the centuries. The Man Behind the Queen: Male Consorts in History edited by Charles Beem and Miles Taylor. Draws parallels between the rise of the chess queen and the ascent of female sovereigns in Europe. The game of chess existed for 500 years without its most dominant piece, the queen. How Europe's 30 female monarchs achieved sovereign authority, wielded it, and (more often than men) abandoned it.īirth of the Chess Queen: A History by Marilyn Yalom.

The Rise of Female Kings in Europe, 1300-1800 by William Monter. The lives of 39 women rulers, including Elizabeth I, Giovanna I of Naples, Maria da Gloria of Portugal, Christina of Sweden, and Maria Theresa of Austria. Queens, Empresses, Grand Duchesses and Regents: Women Rulers of Europe, A.D. Book categories: Queens, Medieval, Early Modern, European Royalty, English Queens, World Royal Women Female Rulers

Queenship in the Mediterranean by Elena Woodacre