The lady queen
Subtitle: the notorious reign of Joanna I, Queen of Naples, Jerusalem, and Sicily
By: Nancy Goldstone.
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Walker & Company
Published: Oct. 20, 2009
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780802716705
Copyright date: 2009
Subjects: Joanna -- I, -- Queen of Naples, -- d. 1382; Queens -- Italy -- Naples (Kingdom) -- Biography; Naples (Kingdom) -- History -- Jane I, 1343-1382
Genres: Biography
Description: The riveting history of a beautiful queen, a shocking murder, a papal trial--and a reign as triumphant as any in the Middle Ages. As courageous as Eleanor of Aquitaine, as astute and determined as Elizabeth I of England, Joanna, Queen of Naples, was the only female monarch in her time to rule in her own name.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Printed in the United States of America by Quebecor World Fairfield.
Table of contents: title: Genealogical Charts and Maps
pagenum: ix; title: The trial
pagenum: 1; label: Chapter I
title: The kingdom of Naples
pagenum: 7; label: Chapter II
title: The court of Robert the wise
pagenum: 19; label: Chapter III
title: The kingdom of Hungary
pagenum: 35; label: Chapter IV
title: A royal apprenticeship
pagenum: 48; label: Chapter V
title: The foolish legacy of Robert the Wise
pagenum: 67; label: Chapter VI
title: Papal politics
pagenum: 81; label: Chapter VII
title: Nest of vipers
pagenum: 94; label: Chapter VIII
title: Under siege
pagenum: 111; label: Chapter IX
title: The world at war
pagenum: 130; label: Chapter X
title: The scales of justice
pagenum: 145; label: Chapter XI
title: The return of the queen
pagenum: 162; label: Chapter XII
title: Foreign and domestic relations
pagenum: 181; label: Chapter XIII
title: Queen of Sicily
pagenum: 193; label: Chapter XIV
title: The queen and her court
pagenum: 207; label: Chapter XV
title: The quest for an heir
pagenum: 222; label: Chapter XVI
title: Queen and pope
pagenum: 241; label: Chapter XVII
title: Funerals and a wedding
pagenum: 254; label: Chapter XVIII
title: The great schism
pagenum: 273; label: Chapter XIX
title: The fall of the queen
pagenum: 287; title: Epilogue
pagenum: 307; title: Acknowledgments
pagenum: 311; title: A Brief explanation of fourteenth-century money
pagenum: 315; title: A note on the sources cited and used to research the Lady Queen
pagenum: 319; title: Notes
pagenum: 325; title: Selected bibliography
pagenum: 341; title: Illustration credits
pagenum: 351; title: Index
pagenum: 353