num_pages: 289
description: The five queens of Navarre were the largest group of female sovereigns in one European realm during the Middle Ages, but they are largely unknown beyond a regional audience. This survey fills this scholarly lacuna, focusing particularly on issues of female succession, agency, and power-sharing dynamic between the queens and their male consorts.
language: English
title: The Queens Regnant of Navarre: Succession, Politics, and Partnership, 1274-1512
publisher: Palgrave Macmillan