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The Queen's Hand : Power and Authority in the Reign of Berenguela of Castile.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: The Middle Ages SeriesPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (363 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780812206265
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Queen's HandDDC classification:
  • 946.302092
LOC classification:
  • DP139.5 -- .B53 2012eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- A Note on Names -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Infanta and Heir, 1180-1197 -- Chapter 2. Queen of León, 1197-1204 -- Chapter 3. The Unwed Queen, 1204-1214 -- Chapter 4. A Failed Regency, 1214-1217 -- Chapter 5. Queen of Castile, 1217-1230 -- Chapter 6. The Leonese Succession, 1230 -- Chapter 7. Queen of Castile and León, 1230-1246 -- Conclusions -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- Z -- Acknowledgments.
Summary: Janna Bianchini captures the extraordinary royal career of Berenguela of Castile: queen-consort in León, heir to the throne of Castile, mother of the conqueror Fernando III, and powerful sovereign in her own right. The Queen's Hand reevaluates the role of royal women in western Iberian monarchy.
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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- A Note on Names -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Infanta and Heir, 1180-1197 -- Chapter 2. Queen of León, 1197-1204 -- Chapter 3. The Unwed Queen, 1204-1214 -- Chapter 4. A Failed Regency, 1214-1217 -- Chapter 5. Queen of Castile, 1217-1230 -- Chapter 6. The Leonese Succession, 1230 -- Chapter 7. Queen of Castile and León, 1230-1246 -- Conclusions -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- Z -- Acknowledgments.

Janna Bianchini captures the extraordinary royal career of Berenguela of Castile: queen-consort in León, heir to the throne of Castile, mother of the conqueror Fernando III, and powerful sovereign in her own right. The Queen's Hand reevaluates the role of royal women in western Iberian monarchy.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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