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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Fashioning the Image of the “Good” and “Bad” Royal Mother
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The Legacy and Reputation of Royal Mothers-from Their Contemporaries to the Present Day
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Back Matter
About this book
This collection addresses royal motherhood across Europe, from both the medieval and Early Modern periods, including (in)famous and not-so-famous royal mothers. The essays in this collection reveal the complexities and the subtleties inherent in the role of royal mothers and challenges these traditional stereotypes. The volume provides a fresh re-evaluation of these women, from those who have been given an almost saintly status to those who struggled against contemporary chronicles and propaganda that perpetuated the stereotypes associated with ‘bad mothers’– these particular images of saintliness and wickedness have persisted right into the modern era. This series of intriguing case studies reveals how royal mothers were perceived by their contemporaries and explores the motivation for the ways in which they are depicted in modern popular culture. Taken together with the companion volume, Royal Mothers and their Ruling Children, this collection sheds new light on the important and challenging role of mothers within the framework of monarchy and at the epicenter of power.
Editors and Affiliations
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University of Winchester , Winchester, United Kingdom
Carey Fleiner
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University of Winchester, Winchester, United Kingdom
Elena Woodacre
About the editors
Elena (Ellie) Woodacre is a specialist in medieval and Early Modern queenship and a Lecturer in Early Modern European History at the University of Winchester, UK.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Virtuous or Villainess? The Image of the Royal Mother from the Early Medieval to the Early Modern Era
Editors: Carey Fleiner, Elena Woodacre
Series Title: Queenship and Power
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-51315-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-51314-4Published: 15 July 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-51315-1Published: 14 July 2016
Series ISSN: 2730-938X
Series E-ISSN: 2730-9398
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 256
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: History of Medieval Europe, Social History, Gender Studies