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Author : Lisa Hilton
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1639360646
Total Pages : 777 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (393 download)
Download or read book Queens Consort written by Lisa Hilton and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-11-15 with total page 777 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.
Author : Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 131707288X
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Queens Consort, Cultural Transfer and European Politics, c.1500-1800 written by Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-11-03 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Queens Consort, Cultural Transfer and European Politics examines the roles that queens consort played in dynastic politics and cultural transfer between their natal and marital courts during the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries. This collection of essays analyses the part that these queens played in European politics, showing how hard and soft power, high politics and cultural influences, cannot be strictly separated. It shows that the root of these consorts’ power lay in their dynastic networks and the extent to which they cultivated them. The consorts studied in this book come from territories such as Austria, Braunschweig, Hanover, Poland, Portugal, Prussia and Saxony and travel to, among other places, Britain, Naples, Russia, Spain and Sweden. The various chapters address different types of cultural manifestation, among them collecting, portraiture, panegyric poetry, libraries, theatre and festivals, learning, genealogical literature and architecture. The volume significantly shifts the direction of scholarship by moving beyond a focus on individual historical women to consider ‘queens consort’ as a category, making it valuable reading for students and scholars of early modern gender and political history.
Author : E. T. Dailey
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 900429466X
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)
Download or read book Queens, Consorts, Concubines: Gregory of Tours and Women of the Merovingian Elite written by E. T. Dailey and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-04-14 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Queens, Consorts, Concubines offers an analysis of Gregory of Tours on issues including widowhood, marriage, sanctity, and political agency, offering a reinterpretation of elite women in Gaul (e.g. Brunhild, Fredegund, Radegund), related subjects (e.g. Merovingian marital policy), and Late Antiquity generally.
Author : H. Eugene Lehman
Publisher : Author House
ISBN 13 : 1463430558
Total Pages : 721 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (634 download)
Download or read book Lives of England's Reigning and Consort Queens written by H. Eugene Lehman and published by Author House. This book was released on 2011-10-13 with total page 721 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, Lives of Reigning and Consort Queens of England: Englands History through the Eyes of its Queens, is a factual narrative on lives of Norman, Plantagenet, Tudor, Stuart, Hanover, and Windsorqueens covering a millenium of English History. The biographical portraits start at the close of the Dark Ages with the Norman Conquest of 1066, and continue to Modern Time in the life of present Queen Elizabeth II. This narratiev of fifty short chronologicalbiographies gives a view ijnto life and courtly customs from an age far removed from the present toward the way of life we know today. Through the lives of these women, one sees Englands history unroll. Although the narratives are brief, they bring individuals to life withoutjudgmental prejudice as unique personalities. One of the fifty personalities, 7 were reigning queens, 38 were queen consort wives of moonarchs, and 5 were wives of favorites who did not reign, but who played a significant role during the life of a ruling king. This sample of wo0men on the throne, or close to the throne is too large to expect any single quality can characterize them all: Some served as exemplary reigning queens, or as consorts whom actively supported a sovereign husband or son. Some assertively played the part of regent as a significantr power behind the throne. Some infliuenced historic events forr eliegious reasons. Many avoided political involvement, but ahd great influemnce on culture and custom. Some had personal qualities that made them inherently interesting and desetrving of friendship. A relatively small number of the queens were entirely unsuited to be queens. Some queen consorts resisted familiarity and remain enigmatic effigies. Some were apwns manipulated by historic events of the time and deprived them of opportunity to elave a personal mark of hsitory. Others served chiefly as supportive mothers and wives.
Author : Julia P. Gelardi
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1429904550
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)
Download or read book Born to Rule written by Julia P. Gelardi and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Julia Gelardi's Born to Rule is an historical tour de force that weaves together the powerful and moving stories of the five royal granddaughters of Queen Victoria. These five women were all married to reigning European monarchs during the early part of the 20th century, and it was their reaction to the First World War that shaped the fate of a continent and the future of the modern world. Here are the stories of Alexandra, whose enduring love story, controversial faith in Rasputin, and tragic end have become the stuff of legend; Marie, the flamboyant and eccentric queen who battled her way through a life of intrigues and was also the mother of two Balkan queens and of the scandalous Carol II of Romania; Victoria Eugenie, Spain's very English queen who, like Alexandra, introduced hemophilia into her husband's family-with devastating consequences for her marriage; Maud, King Edward VII's daughter, who was independent Norway's reluctant queen; and Sophie, Kaiser Wilhelm II's much maligned sister, daughter of an Emperor and herself the mother of no less than three kings and a queen, who ended her days in bitter exile. Born to Rule evokes a world of luxury, wealth, and power in a bygone era, while also recounting the ordeals suffered by a unique group of royal women who at times faced poverty, exile, and death. Praised in their lifetimes for their legendary beauty, many of these women were also lauded-and reviled-for their political influence. Using never before published letters, memoirs, diplomatic documents, secondary sources, and interviews with descendents of the subjects, Julia Gelardi's Born to Rule is an astonishing and memorable work of popular history.
Author : Kele Moon
Publisher : Loose Id Llc
ISBN 13 : 9781623007393
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (73 download)
Download or read book The Queen's Consorts written by Kele Moon and published by Loose Id Llc. This book was released on 2014-01 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Queen's Consorts. Just laying eyes on one is a death sentence. So when Sari, who spent most of her life on the streets, ends up entangled in a steamy relationship with the two most forbidden men on the planet, she knows it can't end well. After a brutal attack, Sari's taken to the Sacred City, exposing her to the secret lives of the Rayians who rule in the long lost queen's absence. It's in this darkly sexual world where she first meets the legendary consorts. Too handsome and talented for their own good, Calder and Taryen have learned to trust only each other in order to survive. Bred to be feared warriors and exclusive companions to a queen, instead they're slaves to other Rayians desires for them. Their brutal lives make the two consorts hesitant to care for Sari when she's unexpectedly dumped in their laps, but they soon discover she's different from the cruel women they're used to serving. Drawn to Sari on a soul deep level, Calder and Taryen can't seem to stop themselves from going back for one more taste of the beautiful outsider... even when it puts the fate of the entire world in jeopardy.
Author : Eliza Brown
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781492141587
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (415 download)
Download or read book The Queen's Consort written by Eliza Brown and published by . This book was released on 2013-10-20 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A man's heart is no proof against a woman's magic....Prince Ansel of Courchevel has a mission: to capture or kill the enemy queen of Vandau. Rumors whisper that Clairwyn is a witch, but Ansel knows that a woman's magic is no proof against a man's sharp steel.Ten years ago a mysterious girl captured Ansel's heart and then disappeared. When Ansel sees the Queen, he recognizes her as the girl he loved and lost. War is brewing between their countries, a war Clairwyn cannot win. If she dies, Ansel will get everything he wanted, except for the one thing he now wants more than anything: to be the consort of Queen Clairwyn the Beloved, the reigning witch of Vandau.
Author : C. Beem
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9781137448347
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (483 download)
Download or read book The Man behind the Queen written by C. Beem and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-12-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the 14th-century king consorts of Navarre to the modern European prince consorts of the 20th century, the male consort has been a peculiar yet recurrent historical figure. In this impressively broad collection, leading historians of monarchy analyze how male partners of female rulers have negotiated their unique roles throughout history.
Author : Paulette Lynn Pepin
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 1498505902
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)
Download or read book María de Molina, Queen and Regent written by Paulette Lynn Pepin and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2016-03-08 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This biography of Queen María de Molina thematically explores her life and demonstrates her collective exercise of power and authority as queen. Throughout her public life, María de Molina’s resilient determination, as queen and later as regent, enabled her to not only work tirelessly to establish an effective governing partnership with her husband King Sancho IV, which never occurred, but also to establish the legitimacy of her children and their heirs and their right to rule. Such legitimacy enabled Queen María de Molina’s son and grandson, under her tutelage, to fend off other monarchs and belligerent nobles. The author demonstrates the queen’s ability to govern the Kingdom of Castile-León as a partner with her husband King Sancho IV, a partnership that can be described as an official union. A major theme of this study is María de Molina’s role as dowager queen and regent as she continued to exercise her queenly power and authority to protect the throne of her son Fernando IV and, later, of her grandson Alfonso XI, and to provide peace and stability for the Kingdom of Castile-León.
Author : Lisa Hilton
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1480405566
Total Pages : 748 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (84 download)
Download or read book Queens Consort written by Lisa Hilton and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 748 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A compelling trek through English history in the company of some remarkable women.” —Kirkus Reviews Though their royal husbands occupy the lion’s share of history books, the queens of early England are fascinating subjects in their own right. Lisa Hilton’s Queens Consort vividly evokes the lives and times of England’s first queens, from Matilda of Flanders and the Norman conquest of England to Elizabeth of York and the beginning of the Tudor dynasty. By profiling twenty different queens, Hilton provides an intricate and dramatic composite of the English monarch: from the ruthless Isabella of France, who violently gained control of England by dispatching Edward II, to the beloved Matilda of Scotland, known for her intelligence and devotion despite her philandering husband, Henry I; and from a girl who was crowned at the age of nine to a commoner who climbed the social ladder at the most opportune moment. Queens Consort dispels many of the myths that have surrounded these women for centuries, while simultaneously illuminating lesser-known facts about their lives.
Author : Clarissa Campbell Orr
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521814225
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (142 download)
Download or read book Queenship in Europe 1660-1815 written by Clarissa Campbell Orr and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-08-12 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description
Author : Laura Lunger Knoppers
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521885272
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (218 download)
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Early Modern Women's Writing written by Laura Lunger Knoppers and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-10-08 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ideal for courses, this Companion examines the range, historical importance, and aesthetic merit of women's writing in Britain, 1500-1700.
Author : Natalie Grueninger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780692078464
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (784 download)
Download or read book Colouring History written by Natalie Grueninger and published by . This book was released on 2018-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Delve into the dazzling-and dangerous-world of Tudor queens and consortswith this lavishly illustrated colouring book for grown-ups. Featuring an array of beautiful illustrations inspired by contemporary paintings and manuscripts, it's sure to delight even the most discerning Tudor history buff and colouring aficionado. Colour your way to peace and inner harmony, while indulging your passion for Tudor history.
Author : C. Beem
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137448350
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (374 download)
Download or read book The Man behind the Queen written by C. Beem and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-12-16 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the 14th-century king consorts of Navarre to the modern European prince consorts of the 20th century, the male consort has been a peculiar yet recurrent historical figure. In this impressively broad collection, leading historians of monarchy analyze how male partners of female rulers have negotiated their unique roles throughout history.
Author : William Shawcross
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9781405048590
Total Pages : 1168 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (485 download)
Download or read book Queen Elizabeth written by William Shawcross and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2009 with total page 1168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes Lyon, the youngest daughter of the Earl of Strathmore, was born on 4 August, 1900. Few could have imagined the profound effect she would have on Britain and its people. This official biography tells not only her story but, through it, that of the country she loved so devotedly.
Author : William Shawcross
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 1466827742
Total Pages : 690 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)
Download or read book Counting One's Blessings written by William Shawcross and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2012-11-27 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Shawcross's official biography of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, published in September 2009, was a huge critical and commercial success.One of the great revelations of the book was Queen Elizabeth's insightful, witty private correspondence. Indeed, The Sunday Times described her letters as "wonderful . . . brimful of liveliness and irreverence, steeliness and sweetness." Now, in Counting One's Blessings, Shawcross has put together a selection of her letters, drawing on the vast wealth of material in the Royal Archives and at Glamis Castle. Queen Elizabeth was a prolific correspondent, from her early childhood before World War I to the very end of her long life at the beginning of the twenty-first century, and her letters offer readers a vivid insight into the real person behind the public face.
Author : Elena Lawson
Publisher : Lea McKee
ISBN 13 : 9781775157014
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (57 download)
Download or read book Claimed by Night written by Elena Lawson and published by Lea McKee. This book was released on 2018-09-24 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My entire life has been a boring montage of skipping stones, listening to lectures, and waiting for my mother to die. Now the wait is over. The Queen of the Night Court has been assassinated, and her throne is mine to claim. But not everyone at court wants me to rule... To make matters worse, my godsforsaken ancestors haven't graced me with magic, and an ungraced queen could never keep her crown. The only solace I find is in the arms of my four fae warriors. Charming, devoted, and maddeningly eager to please
