Queenship in Medieval Europe

Cover
Contents
List of Illustrative Material
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Not Partial, Prejudiced or Ignorant: The Study of Queens and Queenship in Medieval Europe
	The geographic contours of European queenship
	The temporal boundaries of medieval queenship
	Sources and methods
	Theoretical frameworks
	Organization of the book
	A note on place names, translations and proper names
1 Theme and Variations: Roman, Barbarian and Christian Societies in the Fashioning of Medieval Queenship, c. 300–700
	Eastern Roman Empire and early Byzantine Empire
	Frankish and Merovingian realms
	Early medieval Britain and Ireland
	The Iberian Peninsula and Italy
	Conclusions
	For further research
2 Legitimizing the King's Wife and Bed-Companion, c. 700–1100
	The Byzantine Empire
	The Carolingian Empire
	Saxon and Ottonian empresses
	Early Capetian France
	England, Scotland and Wales
	Christian Iberia
	Eastern Europe, Scandinavia and Kievan Rus'
	Conclusions
	For further research
3 'The Link of Conjugal Troth': Queenship as Family Practice, c. 1100–1350
	England and Scotland
	France
	The Iberian Kingdoms: LeÛn, Castile, the Crown of Aragon and Portugal
	The Mediterranean: the Byzantine Empire, Latin Crusader kingdoms and Italy
	The Empire, central and northern Europe
	Conclusions
	For further research
4 Queenship in a Crisis of Monarchy, c. 1350–1500
	A woman writing about queens: Christine de Pizan and medieval political theory
	France
	England
	Scotland
	Iberia: Castile, the Crown of Aragon and Portugal
	The Empire, Hungary, Poland and Scandinavia
	Conclusions
	For further research
5 The Transformation of Queenship from Medieval to Early Modern Europe
Notes
For Further Reading
Bibliography
Index