Anne de France and her family (1325-1522) : genealogies of premodern gendered power and influence / Zita Eva Rohr.
| Author/creator | Rohr, Zita Eva author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, an imprint of Springer Nature Switzerland, [2025] |
| Description | xxxix, 425 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 22 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Queenship and power Queenship and power. ^A1063065 |
| Abstract | "This book demonstrates that premodern elite and royal women were critical to the geopolitical success of late medieval territorial monarchies, the progenitors of early modern states. It aims to communicate the 'un-exceptionality' of female political influence in medieval and early modern Europe. Manifesting sophisticated and informed leadership in times of challenge and transformation, women such as Anne de France, her matrilineal line, and the elite women and girls in her orbit were key to early modern government, politics and diplomacy. Through a longue durâee case study, this book examines generations of a premodern matriline culminating in Anne, beginning with Elisabetta di Carinzia and her daughter, Elionor de Sicâilia, continuing with Elionor's daughters-in-law, moving into the territories of the insular and peninsular kingdoms of Naples, into France with Elionor's granddaughter, Yolande d'Aragon, and into England with Yolande's granddaughter, Marguerite d'Anjou, to influence and underwrite powerful and influential territorial monarchies. Together, these women, and the others discussed in this study, form an important part of Anne de France's matrilineal heritage, providing her with a historical template of lived political experience on which to construct her own gendered political theory and practice." -- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | ebook version : 9783031848612 |
| ISBN | 9783031848605 |
| ISBN | 3031848608 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |