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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.
Contents
Chapter 1Elena WoodacreSECTION I: Perceptions of Regnant QueenshipChapter 2: When the Emperor is a woman: the case of Wu Zetian (624-705), the 'Emulator of Heaven'.Elisabetta CollaChapter 3: Tamar of Georgia (1184-1213) and the Language of Female PowerLois HuneycuttChapter 4: Regnant Queenship and Royal Marriage between the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Nobility of Western EuropeHayley BassettChapter 5: Queenship and Female Authority in The Sultanate of Delhi (1206 -1526 AD)Jyoti PhuleraChapter 6: Anna Jagiellon: A Female Political Figure in the Early Modern Polish-Lithuanian CommonwealthKatarzyna KosiorChapter 7: Female Rule in Imperial Russia: Is Gender a Useful Category of Historical Analysis?Orel BeilinsonChapter 8: The Transformation of an Island Queen: Queen Beti of MadagascarJane HooperChapter 9: Female Rangatira in Aotearoa New ZealandAidan NorrieSECTION II: Practicing Co-rulershipChapter 10: The Social-Political Roles of the Princess in Kyivan Rus', ca. 945-1240Talia ZajacChapter 11: Impressions of Welsh Queenship in the Twelfth and Thirteenth CenturiesDanna MesserChapter 12: Queen Zaynab al-Nafzawiyya and the Building of a Mediterranean Empire in the Eleventh Century MaghrebInes LourinhoChapter 13: al-Dalfa' and the Political Role of the umm al-walad in the Late Umayyad Caliphate of al-Andalus.Ana MirandaChapter 14: The Khitan Empress Dowagers Yingtian and Chengtian in Liao China, 907-1125Hang LinChapter 15: Dowager Queens and Royal Succession in Premodern KoreaSeoKyung HanChapter 16: The Ambiguities of Female Rule in Nayaka South India, Seventeenth-Eighteenth CenturiesLennart BesSECTION III: Breaking Down Boundaries: Comparative Studies of QueenshipChapter 17: Helena's Heirs: Two Eighth Century QueensStefany WraggChapter 18: The Hohenstaufen women and the Differences between Aragonese and Greek Queenship Models. Lledo Ruiz DomingoChapter 19: The 'honourable ladies' of Nasrid Granada: Female Power and Agency in the Alhambra (1400-1450)Ana Echevarria & Roser Salicru i LluchChapter 20: Comparing the French Queen Regent and the Ottoman Valide Sultan during the Sixteenth and Seventeenth CenturiesRenee LangloisChapter 21: Queens and Courtesans in Japan and Early-Modern FranceTracy Adams and Iain FookesChapter 22: The Figure of the Queen Mother in the European and African Monarchies, 1400-1800Diana Pelaz Flores
