Virtuous or Villainess? The Image of the Royal Mother from the Early Medieval to the Early Modern Era
This collection addresses royal motherhood across Europe, from both the medieval and Early Modern periods, including (in)famous and not-so-famous royal mothers. The essays in this collection reveal the complexities and the subtleties inherent in the role
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VIRTUOUS OR VILLAINESS? THE IMAGE OF THE ROYAL MOTHER FROM THE EARLY MEDIEVAL TO THE EARLY MODERN ERA Carey Fleiner and Elena Woodacre
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Queenship and Power Series Editors Charles Beem University of North Carolina, Pembroke Pembroke, NC, USA Carole Levin University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE, USA
This series focuses on works specializing in gender analysis, women's studies, literary interpretation, and cultural, political, constitutional, and diplomatic history. It aims to broaden our understanding of the strategies that queens—both consorts and regnants, as well as female regents—pursued in order to wield political power within the structures of male-dominant societies. The works describe queenship in Europe as well as many other parts of the world, including East Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Islamic civilization.
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/14523
Carey Fleiner • Elena Woodacre Editors
Virtuous or Villainess? The Image of the Royal Mother from the Early Medieval to the Early Modern Era
Editors Carey Fleiner University of Winchester Winchester, United Kingdom
Elena Woodacre University of Winchester Winchester, United Kingdom
Queenship and Power ISBN 978-1-137-51314-4 ISBN 978-1-137-51315-1 DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-51315-1
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This volume is the second part of a two-part collection on royal mothers, following on from Royal Mothers and their Ruling Children. The need for two volumes arose from the extremely enthusiastic response that we received when we pu
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