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A transnational comparison of women rulers and women's sovereignty throughout Europe

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments   vii
Introduction   1 Anne J. Cruz and Mihoko SuzukiPART 1: THE RULE OF WOMEN: THEORIES AND CONSTRUCTION
1. Notions of Late Medieval Queenship: Christine de Pizan's Isabeau of Bavaria   13 Tracy Adams 2. "Satisfaite de soy en soy mesme": The Politics of Self-Representation in Jeanne d'Albret's Ample déclaration   30 Mary C. Ekman 3. Tanto monta: The Catholic Monarchs' Nuptial Fiction and the Power of Isabel 1 of Castile   43 Barbara F. Weissberger 4. Sword and Wimple: Isabel Clara Eugenia and Power   64 Magdalena S. Sánchez 5. "Princeps non Principissa": Catherine of Brandenburg, Elected Prince of Transylvania (1629-30)   80 Éva Deák
  PART II: SOVEREIGNTY AND REPRESENTATION
6. Juana of Austria: Patron of the Arts and Regent of Spain, 1554-59   103 Anne J. Cruz 7. Elizabeth I as Sister and "Loving Kinswoman"   123 Carole Levin 8. Fashioning Monarchy: Women, Dress, and Power at the Court of Elizabeth I, 1558-1603   142 Catherine L. Howey 9. Thrice Royal Queen: Katherine de Valois and the Tudor Monarchy in Henry V and Englands Heroicall Epistles   157 Sandra Logan 10. Warning Elizabeth with Catherine de' Medici's Example: Anne Dowriche's French Historie and the Politics of Counsel   174 Mihoko Suzuki 11. History, Power, and the Representation of Elizabeth I in La Princesse de Clèves   194 Elizabeth Ketner Selected Bibliography   205
Index   217

About the Author

Anne J. Cruz is a professor of Spanish in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at the University of Miami. Mihoko Suzuki is a professor of English and the director of the Center for the Humanities at the University of Miami.

Reviews

"This valuable collection of theoretically engaged and empirically grounded essays greatly broadens scholarly understanding of late medieval and early modern women and rulership in Europe, shifting the focus from the masculinist political-religious discussion to a feminine perspective." Theresa Earenfight, editor of Queenship and Political Power in Medieval and Early Modern Spain