Forgotten Queens in Medieval and Early Modern Europe: Political Agency, Myth-Making, and Patronage

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of figures
Acknowledgements
List of contributors
1. Introduction
	Notes
	References
2. The power of the mythological past: Reader response to Queen Gwendolen and the thirty-three daughters of King Dioclesian in English histories
	Reading the past
	Historical context: the Elizabethan and Jacobean significance
	Conclusion: fading from history
	Notes
	References
3. Becoming Anglo-Norman: The women of the House of Wessex in the century after the Norman Conquest
	Dramatis personae
	Notes
	References
4. Berengaria of Navarre and Joanna of Sicily as crusading queens: Manipulation, reputation, and agency
	Ambroise, Ibn-al’Athi r, and Richard de Templo
	Bride and widow: life-cycle events in medieval chronicles
	Hostages, or opportunities to exercise power?
	Childless queens: the loss of their legacies?
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
5. Power, patronage, and politics: Maria of Navarre, queen of the Crown of Aragon (r. 1338–1347)
	The marriage negotiations
	Appearance and wealth as part of Maria’s political agency
	Piety and patronage
	Exercising political power through motherhood
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
6. Beyond patronage: Richard Jonas’s The Byrth of Mankynde as counsel to Queen Katherine Howard
	Katherine Howard’s education and background
	Katherine Howard among the six consorts of Henry VIII
	Patronage as a means to counsel
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
7. Katarina Jagiellonica and Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow: Power, piety, and patronage
	Monarchy in the Scandinavian kingdoms
	The potential role of a queen in Scandinavia
	The authoritarian view of a woman’s role
	The circumstances of the marriages
	Sophie and the Danish court: influence and symbolism
	Katarina in Sweden: problems and priorities
	Religion and patronage
	The queens and their families
	Becoming a queen dowager
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
8. Elisabeth of Austria and Marie-Elisabeth of France: Represented and remembered
	Elisabeth: the perfect match
	Praise for the two princesses at the evil French court
	The widow and the orphan: forgotten but loved?
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
9. Catherine of Braganza’s relationship with her Catholic household
	A foreign queen
	Anti-Catholic sentiment in English culture and politics
	Catherine’s household and the threat of recusancy
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
10. Queenly afterimages: The visual and historical legacy of Marie Leszczinska
	Marie Leszczinska as queen of France
	History, genre, and gender
	Thinking small
	Moving pictures
	Looking at women looking at Marie Leszczinska
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
11. The eagle eye of the Habsburg family on the Kingdom of Naples: Lights and shadows of Queen Maria Carolina at court
	Learning the Austrian art of ruling
	Maria Carolina’s entry into Naples: from consort to queen regnant
	Notes
	References
Index