Berenguela of Castile (1180-1246) and Political Women in the High Middle Ages [electronic resource] /
Shadis, M.author.
The women in the family which ruled thirteenth-century Castile used maternity, familial and political strategy, and religious and cultural patronage to secure their personal power as well as to promote their lineage. Leonor of England, and her daughters Blanche of Castile (queen of France), Urraca (queen of Portugal), Costanza (a Cistercian nun of Las Huelgas) and Leonor, (queen of Aragon) provide the context for a study focusing on Berenguela of Castile, queen of Leon through marriage and of Castile by right of inheritance, whose most significant accomplishment was to enable the successful rule of her son Fernando.
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Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; A Note on Names and Translations; Introduction; 1 Mothering Queenship: Leonor of England, Queen of Castile, 1161-1214; 2 Documenting Authority: Marriage Agreements and the Making of a Queen; 3 1197-1217: The Limits of Power and Authority; 4 The Labors of Ruling: The Mothering Queen; 5 "The things that please God and men": Berenguela, Conquest, and Crusade; 6 "Making Lament": Death, Grief, Memory, Identity; Conclusion: A Perfect Friend of God; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The women in the family which ruled thirteenth-century Castile used maternity, familial and political strategy, and religious and cultural patronage to secure their personal power as well as to promote their lineage. Leonor of England, and her daughters Blanche of Castile (queen of France), Urraca (queen of Portugal), Costanza (a Cistercian nun of Las Huelgas) and Leonor, (queen of Aragon) provide the context for a study focusing on Berenguela of Castile, queen of Leon through marriage and of Castile by right of inheritance, whose most significant accomplishment was to enable the successful rule of her son Fernando.
Berengaria, Queen of Castile and Leon, 1181?-1246.
Europe-History.
Europe-History-476-1492.
Sociology.
Clinical psychology.
World history.
Literature, Medieval.
European History.
History of Medieval Europe.
Gender Studies.
Clinical Psychology.
World History, Global and Transnational History.
Medieval Literature.