Queens and queenship in medieval Europe : proceedings of a conference held at King's College London april 1995
The image, status and function of queens and empresses, regnant and consort, in kingdoms stretching from England to Jerusalem in the European middle ages.
XXII, 357 p. : ill.
9780851158815, 0851158811
1040876772
Preface - Anne J. DugganIntroduction - Anne J. DugganEmma: The Powers of the Queen in the Eleventh Century - Pauline StaffordQueen Margaret of Scotland [1070-1093]: Burying the Past, Enshrining the Future - Valerie WallIngeborg of Denmark, Queen of France, 1193-1223 - George ConklinLate Medieval Scandinavian Queenship - Steinar ImsenFrom Famous Empresses to Unspectacular Queens: The Romano-German Empire to Margaret of Brabant, Countess of Luxemburg and Queen of the RomansQueen of the Romans - Kurt-Ulrich JäschkeA Medieval Queen and her Stepdaughter: Agnes and Elizabeth of Hungary - Volker HonemannGoddess, Whore, Wife of Slave? Will the Real Byzantine Empress Please Stand Up? - Liz JamesBehind the Mask: Empresses and Empire in Middle Byzantium - Dion SmytheQueen or Consort: Rulership and Politics in the Latin East, 1118-1228 - Sarah LambertMaria Regina: Papal Symbol - Mary Stroll ***Queen and Patron - Diana WebbQueens as Scapegoats in Medieval Hungary - Janos BakThe Image of the Queen in Old French Literature - Karen PrattThe Architecture of Queenship: Royal Saints, Female Dynasties and the Spread of Gothic Architecture in Central Europe - Paul CrossleyEarly Medieval Rites of Queen-Making and the Shaping of Medieval Queenship - Janet L Nelson'Never was a body buried in England with such solemnity and honour': The Burials and Posthumous Commemorations of English Queens to 1500 - John C Parsons
"The papers in this volume were presented at the Second International Conference held under the auspices of the Centre for Late Antique and Medieval Studies at King's College London in the Great Hall of the College on 19-21 April 1995.". - P. [XIII]