Queenship in the Mediterranean: Negotiating the Role of the Queen in the Medieval and Early Modern Eras

Abstract

1. Introduction-- Elena Woodacre 2. Women Monarchs in the Medieval Byzantine Court: Prejudice, Disbelief and Calumnies-- Alexandra Karagianni 3. To Have and Have Not: The Dower of Joanna Plantagenet, Queen of Sicily (1177-1189)-- Colette Bowie 4. The Many Wills of Violante de Aragon as Testament to Uncertainty in Thirteenth-Century Castilla-Leon-- Melissa R. Katz 5. Lost and Found: Visualizing a Medieval Queen's Destroyed Objects and Collection-- Mariah Proctor-Tiffany 6. The Political Role of a Portuguese Queen in Late Fourteenth Century-- Isabel de Pina Baleiras 7. Philippa of Lancaster: The Memory of a Model Queen-- Ana Rodrigues Oliveira 8. Not Lost in Translation: Aragonese Court Culture 'on tour' (1400-1480)-- Zita Rohr 9. Queenly Time in the Reign of Juan II of Castile (1406-1454)-- Diana Pelaz Flores 10. Princess Isabel of Portugal : 'First Lady' in a Kingdom without a Queen (1415-1428)-- Manuela Santos Silva 11. Blanca, Queen of Sicily and Queen of Navarre-Connecting the Pyrenees and the Mediterranean via an Aragonese Alliance-- Elena Woodacre 12. Consorts of Moroccan Sultans: Lalla Khnata Bint Bakkar, 'A woman with Three Kings'-- Fatima Rhorchi 13. The Sovereign and His Wife "Minister": Charles Emmanuel IV and Marie Clotilde Adelaide Xaviere of France: Interpersonal and political relations between the sovereigns of Sardinia-- Federica Contu 14. Queenship and Family Dynamics through the Correspondence of the Queen Maria Carolina of Naples-- Cinzia Recca.