Queenship and political power in medieval and early modern Spain
By: edited by Theresa Earenfight.
Contributors: Earenfight, Theresa, 1954-
Series: Women and gender in the early modern world
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
Subjects: Queens -- Spain -- History.; Marriages of royalty and nobility -- Spain -- History.; Power (Social sciences) -- Spain -- History.; Spain -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-201) and index.
Table of contents: title: Unwilling partners : conflict and ambition in the marriage of Peter II of Aragon and Marie de Montpellier / Elizabeth Haluska-Rausch; title: The many roles of the medieval queen / Joseph F. O'Callaghan; title: Absent kings : queens as political partners in the medieval Crown of Aragon / Theresa Earenfight; title: Defending their Jewish subjects : Elionor of Sicily, Maria de Luna and the Jews of Morvedre / Mark Meyerson; title: Spirit and force : politics, public and private in the reign of Maria de Luna (1396-1406) / Núria Silleras-Fernández; title: The queen and the master : Catalina of Lancaster and the military orders / Ana Echevarria-Arsuaga; title: Royal portraits / Marta VanLandingham; title: Isabel of Castile (1451-1504), her self-representation and its context / Peggy Liss; title: Choices and consequences : the construction of Isabel de Portugal's image / Jorge Sebastián Lozano; title: Conspicuous in her absence : Mariana of Austria, Juan José of Austria, and the representation of her power / Eleanor Goodman.