The Queen's Hand : : Power and Authority in the Reign of Berenguela of Castile / / Janna Bianchini.
Her name is undoubtedly less familiar than that of her grandmother, Eleanor of Aquitaine, or that of her famous conqueror son, Fernando III, yet during her lifetime, Berenguela of Castile (1180-1246) was one of the most powerful women in Europe. As queen-consort of Alfonso IX of León, she acquired t...
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Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2012] ©2012 |
Year of Publication: | 2012 |
Language: | English |
Series: | The Middle Ages Series
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (368 p.) :; 7 illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- A Note on Names
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Infanta and Heir, 1180-1197
- Chapter 2. Queen of Leo´n, 1197-1204
- Chapter 3. The Unwed Queen, 1204-1214
- Chapter 4. A Failed Regency, 1214-1217
- Chapter 5. Queen of Castile, 1217-1230
- Chapter 6. The Leonese Succession, 1230
- Chapter 7. Queen of Castile and Leo´n, 1230-1246
- Conclusions
- List of Abbreviations
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- Acknowledgments