Joan of Navarre

Infanta, Duchess, Queen, Witch?
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-0-367-20347-4
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 358 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 198 mm, Gewicht: 383 g

Reihe: Lives of Royal Women

This book is the first full-length biography of Joan of Navarre, a fascinating royal woman who became duchess of Brittany and queen consort of England through her two marriages in 1386 and 1403 respectively.

Joan was enmeshed in the turbulent politics of the later Middle Ages as her extensive family and marital connections meant she was related to most of the royal houses of Western Europe—as well as the key protagonists of the Hundred Years War. The large foreign entourage that Joan brought with her to England, and her family ties across the Channel, made her unpopular with her subjects and her loyalties suspect, provoking several purges of her household and culminating in a charge of treason on which she was detained for several years. Yet Joan returned to court in her later years and fought vociferously to the end to retain queenly rights, revenues, and position. Ultimately, this book highlights Joan’s political agency and tenacity, bringing her out of the historical shadows and into the foreground of high politics in fifteenth-century England and Europe.

Joan of Navarre is a useful resource for all students and scholars interested in queenship studies, women’s history, and European politics during the later Middle Ages.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Woodacre, Elena

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1: 1. INFANTA: The Context and Content of Joan’s Early Years, 2. DUCHESS: Wife, Mother, Regent, 3. QUEEN: Charting turbulent waters as Henry IV’s consort, 4. DOWAGER: Anything but a ‘quiet retirement’, Part 2: 5. The Avaricious Queen: The Fight for Financial Stability, 6. Networks of Service, 7. Places, Piety, Possessions and Patronage

Über Autor(innen)

Elena Woodacre is a Reader in Renaissance History at the University of Winchester. She is an expert in queenship and royal studies, having published extensively in this area, and she was the lead editor of The Routledge History of Monarchy (2019). Elena is also Editor-in-Chief of the Royal Studies Journal, founder of the Royal Studies Network and edits two book series, including Lives of Royal Women with Routledge.