Queenship in the Mediterranean

Queenship in the Mediterranean
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 458
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ISBN-13 : 9781137362834
ISBN-10 : 1137362839
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Download or read book Queenship in the Mediterranean written by E. Woodacre and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-12-18 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This groundbreaking collection explores the key roles that Mediterranean queens played as wives, as mothers, and above all as political actors. Ranging from Byzantine empresses to regnants and consorts in the Italian peninsula, they offer a bracing new perspective on queenship in the medieval and Early Modern eras.


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