A Companion to Global Queenship / / Elena Woodacre.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press eBook Package 2018
• HerausgeberIn: Woodacre, Elena,
• Author: Woodacre, Elena,
• Place / Publishing House: Leeds : : Arc Humanities Press, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Arc Companions
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (324 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS --; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --; CONTRIBUTORS --; 1. INTRODUCTION: PLACING QUEENSHIP INTO A GLOBAL CONTEXT /; Part I. PERCEPTIONS OF REGNANT QUEENSHIP --; 2 WHEN THE EMPEROR IS A WOMAN: THE CASE OF WU ZETIAN 武則天 (624-705), THE "EMULATOR OF HEAVEN" /; 3. TAMAR OF GEORGIA (1184-1213) AND THE LANGUAGE OF FEMALE POWER /; 4. REGNANT QUEENSHIP AND ROYAL MARRIAGE BETWEEN THE LATIN KINGDOM OF JERUSALEM AND THE NOBILITY OF WESTERN EUROPE /; 5. QUEENSHIP AND FEMALE AUTHORITY IN THE SULTANATE OF DELHI (1206-1526) /; 6. ANNA JAGIELLON: A FEMALE POLITICAL FIGURE IN THE EARLY MODERN POLISH- LITHUANIAN COMMONWEALTH /; 7. FEMALE RULE IN IMPERIAL RUSSIA: IS GENDER A USEFUL CATEGORY OF HISTORICAL ANALYSIS? /; 8. THE TRANSFORMATION OF AN ISLAND QUEEN: QUEEN BÉTI OF MADAGASCAR /; 9. FEMALE RANGATIRA IN AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND /; Part II. PRACTISING CO- RULERSHIP --; 10. THE SOCIAL- POLITICAL ROLES OF THE PRINCESS IN KYIVAN RUS', CA. 945-1240 /; 11. IMPRESSIONS OF WELSH QUEENSHIP IN THE TWELFTH AND THIRTEENTH CENTURIES /; 12. QUEEN ZAYNAB AL-NAFZAWIYYA AND THE BUILDING OF A MEDITERRANEAN EMPIRE IN THE ELEVENTH- CENTURY MAGHREB /; 13. AL-DALFA' AND THE POLITICAL ROLE OF THE UMM AL-WALAD IN THE LATE UMAYYAD CALIPHATE OF AL-ANDALUS /; 14. THE KHITAN EMPRESS DOWAGERS YINGTIAN AND CHENGTIAN IN LIAO CHINA, 907-1125 /; 15. DOWAGER QUEENS AND ROYAL SUCCESSION IN PREMODERN KOREA /; 16. THE AMBIGUITIES OF FEMALE RULE IN NAYAKA SOUTH INDIA, SEVENTEENTH TO EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES /; Part III. BREAKING DOWN BOUNDARIES: COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF QUEENSHIP --; 17. HELENA'S HEIRS: TWO EIGHTH- CENTURY QUEENS /; 18. THE HOHENSTAUFEN WOMEN AND THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ARAGONESE AND GREEK QUEENSHIP MODELS /; 19. THE "HONOURABLE LADIES" OF NASRID GRANADA: FEMALE POWER AND AGENCY IN THE ALHAMBRA (1400-1450) /; 20. COMPARING THE FRENCH QUEEN REGENT AND THE OTTOMAN VALIDÉ SULTAN DURING THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES /; 21. QUEENS AND COURTESANS IN JAPAN AND EARLY MODERN FRANCE /; 22. THE FIGURE OF THE QUEEN MOTHER IN THE EUROPEAN AND AFRICAN MONARCHIES, 1400-1800 /; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781942401476; 9783110606720
• DOI: 10.1515/9781942401476?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Elena Woodacre.

This collection expands previous regional and individual studies of queenship and female political agency in order to engage in a comparative study of premodern female rule on a global scale. While the field of queenship studies and examinations of gender and power have been flourishing, the literature has tended to be dominated by studies of European royalty. This volume aims toembrace and develop the trend towards an increasingly global outlook for the field of queenship studies. Case studies of women from different periods, places, and religions are deliberately mixed to compare and contrast the realities of queenship in varied settings. Lesser studied examples of queens are provided alongside fresh perspectives on more familiar figures and regions. The authors increase our understanding of understudied individuals and groups of queens, and they encourage the comparison of the practice of queenship in the premodern era. This authoritative and comprehensive Companion will be required readingfor all scholars and students of premodern gender and political studies.