Medieval Queenship

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Introduction Family, Sex, and Power: The Rhythms of Medieval Queenship....Pages 1-11
Roles and Functions of Queens in Árpádian and Angevin Hungary (1000–1386 A.D.)....Pages 13-24
Queenship in Medieval Denmark....Pages 25-42
Women at the Court of Charlemagne: A Case of Monstrous Regiment?....Pages 43-61
Mothers, Daughters, Marriage, Power: Some Plantagenet Evidence, 1150–1500....Pages 63-78
Queens-Dowager and Queens-Regent in Tenth-Century León and Navarre....Pages 79-92
Capetian Women and the Regency: The Genesis of a Vocation....Pages 93-116
The King’s Mother and Royal Prerogative in Early-Sixteenth-Century France....Pages 117-141
The Portrayal of Royal Women in England, Mid-Tenth to Mid-Twelfth Centuries....Pages 143-167
Reigning Queens in Medieval Europe: When, Where, and Why....Pages 169-188
Female Succession and the Language of Power in the Writings of Twelfth-Century Churchmen....Pages 189-201
Back Matter....Pages 203-264