| Descript |
viii, 253 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Content |
text |
| Media |
unmediated |
| Carrier |
volume |
| Contents |
Introduction / Elena Woodacre -- PART I. MATERNAL AMBITION FOR THEIR OFFSPRING. To be the Queen's Daughter : controversy, adultery and the legitimacy problem in the reign of Enrique IV of Castile (1454-1474) / Diana Pelaz Flores -- Stepmother and mother of princes : legitimation and political actuation in the reign of Juana Enríquez / Germán Gamero Igea -- Matriarchs of the Royal House of Stuart : negotiating personal and dynastic ambition, motherhood and adversity 1613-1662 / Sarah Betts -- PART II. REGENCY AND MATERNAL AUTHORITY. To have and to hold : coins and seals as evidence for motherly authority / Jitske Japerse -- Nomadic mothers as rulers in China : female regents of the Khitan Liao (907-1125) / Hang Lin -- Empress Adelheid's vulnerabilities as mother and ruler / Penelope Nash -- Optima mater : power, influence, and the maternal bonds between Agrippina the Younger (A.D. 15-59) and Nero, Emperor of Rome (A.D. 54-68) / Carey Fleiner -- PART III. MATERNAL INFLUENCE. Louise of Savoy : the mixed legacy of a powerful mother / Kathleen Wellman -- Queen mother knows best : María de Molina and the vestiges of medieval politics in modern historiography / Janice North -- Catherine of Medici : Henri III's inspiration to be a father to his people / Estelle Paranque. |
| ISBN |
9781137513106 |
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1137513101 |
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