The queens regnant of Navarre : succession, politics, and partnership, 1274-1512 / Elena Woodacre.

The queens regnant of Navarre : succession, politics, and partnership, 1274-1512 / Elena Woodacre.

First edition.

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

xvi, 267 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Queenship and power

"The five reigning queens of Navarre comprise the largest group of female sovereigns in one European realm during the Middle Ages. However, the lives and careers of these important women are largely unknown outside of a regional audience and have never been investigated as a group or in the context of female rule. This groundbreaking survey of Navarre's queens fills this scholarly lacuna, focusing particularly on issues of female succession, matrimonial politics, agency, patronage, and the power-sharing dynamic between the queens and their male consorts. It also highlights the importance of Navarre to the Hundred Years War and other major political events of the era and traces these queens' connections to other female European rulers, including Isabel of Castile and Giovanna II of Naples"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-254) and index.

1. Introduction: Geography and Gendered Rule
2. Juana I: The Vacant Throne
3. Juana II: The Queen Returns Home
4. Blanca I: The Peacemaker
5. Leonor: Civil War and Sibling Strife
6. Catalina I: Unequal to the Task?
7. Conclusions.

Queenship and power.

United States -- New York (State).

DP302.N3 W66 2013