Queenship in the Mediterranean
Negotiating the Role of the Queen in the Medieval and Early Modern Eras
Nonfiction, History, European General, Modern
| Author: | ISBN: | 9781137362834 | |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US | Publication: | December 18, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9781137362834 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US |
| Publication: | December 18, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
This groundbreaking collection explores the key roles that Mediterranean queens played as wives, as mothers, and above all as political actors. Ranging from Byzantine empresses to regnants and consorts in the Italian peninsula, they offer a bracing new perspective on queenship in the medieval and Early Modern eras.
This groundbreaking collection explores the key roles that Mediterranean queens played as wives, as mothers, and above all as political actors. Ranging from Byzantine empresses to regnants and consorts in the Italian peninsula, they offer a bracing new perspective on queenship in the medieval and Early Modern eras.
