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John Carmi Parsons, ed.
Medieval Queenship.
Published Stroud: Alan Sutton, 1994.
ISBN 0750905832;
ISBN-13: 9780750905831.
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printed in the USA by Haddon Craftsmen, Scranton, PA.
Size: 142x214x22mm.
Page count: viii,264pp inc. 18 monochrome illustrations.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair to good: the dustjacket on this copy is a little faded on its spine with some wear to its edges; the book has the previous owner’s initials on the front endpaper, but otherwise appears to be free of marking.

This item £20.00
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Weight without packaging: 447g.

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Contents:
Parsons, Intro — Rhythms of medieval queenship;
Bak, Roles & functions of queens in Árpádian & Angevin Hungary;
Skovgaard-Petersen, Queenship in medieval Denmark;
Nelson, Women at the court of Charlemagne;
Parsons, Mothers, daughters, marriage, power — Plantagenet evidence;
Collins, Queens-dowager & queens-regent in 10th‑c. León & Navarre;
Pooulet, Capetian women & the regency;
McCartney, The King’s mother & royal prerogative in early-16th‑c. France;
Stafford, Portrayal of royal women in England, mid-10th — mid-12th cc.;
Wolf, Reigning queens in medieval Europe — when, where & why;
Huneycutt, Female succession & the language of power in the writings of 12th‑c. churchmen.

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