Queenship in Medieval France, 1300-1500
This book examines the power held by the French medieval queens during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries and their larger roles within the kingdom at a time when women were excluded from succession to the throne. Well before Catherine and Marie de’ M
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Queenshipin Medieval France, 1300 - 1500 Mur ielle Gaude-Fer ragu Translated by Angela Kr ieger
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The New Middle Ages Series Editor Bonnie Wheeler English & Medieval Studies Southern Methodist University Dallas, Texas, USA
The New Middle Ages is a series dedicated to pluridisciplinary studies of medieval cultures, with particular emphasis on recuperating women’s history and on feminist and gender analyses. This peer-reviewed series includes both scholarly monographs and essay collections.
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/14239
Murielle Gaude-Ferragu
Queenship in Medieval France, 1300–1500 Translated by Angela Krieger
Murielle Gaude-Ferragu Université Paris-13, Sorbonne-Paris-Cité Villetaneuse, France Translated by Angela Krieger
The New Middle Ages ISBN 978-1-137-60273-2 ISBN 978-1-349-93028-9 DOI 10.1057/978-1-349-93028-9
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2016940753 Translation from the French-language edition: La Reine au Moyen Âge. Le pouvoir au féminin, XIVe-XVe siècle, by Murielle Gaude-Ferragu, © Tallandier 2014. All Rights Reserved. Unless otherwise indicated, all translations into English from the original French texts are by the translator. © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Cover illustration: Coronation of Marie of Brabant, Philip III’s second wife, at the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris. Paris, BnF, Fr. 6465, fol. 292, Grandes Chroniques de France, illustrated by Jean Fouquet (c. 1455-1460). Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Nature America Inc. New York
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