A Companion to Global Queenship

Published by ARC Humanities Press 2018

A Companion to Global Queenship

Edited by: Elena Woodacre

In the series Arc Companions

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781942401476

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This collection brings together case studies of premodern queenship in a truly global comparative context, highlighting the vitally important place that women occupied at the heart of the realm.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
CONTRIBUTORS Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
1. INTRODUCTION: PLACING QUEENSHIP INTO A GLOBAL CONTEXT Elena Woodacre Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I. PERCEPTIONS OF REGNANT QUEENSHIP
2 WHEN THE EMPEROR IS A WOMAN: THE CASE OF WU ZETIAN 武則天 (624–705), THE “EMULATOR OF HEAVEN” Elisabetta Colla Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
3. TAMAR OF GEORGIA (1184–1213) AND THE LANGUAGE OF FEMALE POWER Lois Huneycutt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
4. REGNANT QUEENSHIP AND ROYAL MARRIAGE BETWEEN THE LATIN KINGDOM OF JERUSALEM AND THE NOBILITY OF WESTERN EUROPE Hayley Bassett Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
5. QUEENSHIP AND FEMALE AUTHORITY IN THE SULTANATE OF DELHI (1206–1526) Jyoti Phulera Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
6. ANNA JAGIELLON: A FEMALE POLITICAL FIGURE IN THE EARLY MODERN POLISH– LITHUANIAN COMMONWEALTH Katarzyna Kosior Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
7. FEMALE RULE IN IMPERIAL RUSSIA: IS GENDER A USEFUL CATEGORY OF HISTORICAL ANALYSIS? Orel Beilinson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
8. THE TRANSFORMATION OF AN ISLAND QUEEN: QUEEN BÉTI OF MADAGASCAR Jane Hooper Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
9. FEMALE RANGATIRA IN AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND Aidan Norrie Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
Part II. PRACTISING CO- RULERSHIP
10. THE SOCIAL– POLITICAL ROLES OF THE PRINCESS IN KYIVAN RUS’, CA. 945–1240 Talia Zajac Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
11. IMPRESSIONS OF WELSH QUEENSHIP IN THE TWELFTH AND THIRTEENTH CENTURIES Danna R. Messer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
12. QUEEN ZAYNAB AL-NAFZAWIYYA AND THE BUILDING OF A MEDITERRANEAN EMPIRE IN THE ELEVENTH- CENTURY MAGHREB Inês Lourinho Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
13. AL-DALFA’ AND THE POLITICAL ROLE OF THE UMM AL-WALAD IN THE LATE UMAYYAD CALIPHATE OF AL-ANDALUS Ana Miranda Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
14. THE KHITAN EMPRESS DOWAGERS YINGTIAN AND CHENGTIAN IN LIAO CHINA, 907–1125 Hang Lin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
15. DOWAGER QUEENS AND ROYAL SUCCESSION IN PREMODERN KOREA Seokyung Han Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
16. THE AMBIGUITIES OF FEMALE RULE IN NAYAKA SOUTH INDIA, SEVENTEENTH TO EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES Lennart Bes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
Part III. BREAKING DOWN BOUNDARIES: COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF QUEENSHIP
17. HELENA’S HEIRS: TWO EIGHTH- CENTURY QUEENS Stefany Wragg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
18. THE HOHENSTAUFEN WOMEN AND THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ARAGONESE AND GREEK QUEENSHIP MODELS Lledó Ruiz Domingo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
19. THE “HONOURABLE LADIES” OF NASRID GRANADA: FEMALE POWER AND AGENCY IN THE ALHAMBRA (1400–1450) Ana Echevarría and Roser Salicrú I Lluch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	255
20. COMPARING THE FRENCH QUEEN REGENT AND THE OTTOMAN VALIDÉ SULTAN DURING THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES Reneé Langlois Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271
21. QUEENS AND COURTESANS IN JAPAN AND EARLY MODERN FRANCE Tracy Adams and Ian Fookes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285
22. THE FIGURE OF THE QUEEN MOTHER IN THE EUROPEAN AND AFRICAN MONARCHIES, 1400–1800 Diana Pelaz Flores Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	299
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	309

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Language: English
Publisher: ARC Humanities Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 324
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 8
- Other: Checklist available, numbered by chapter - 1 map, 3 tables, 4 charts, 3 images. Author has indicated a preference for color for two images but not necessary.
Keywords: Queenship; Politics; Gender; Power; Agency; Global; Female

eBook

Published: August 31, 2018
ISBN: 9781942401476