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Berenguela of Castile (1180-1246) and Political Women in the High Middle Ages 2009 Edition
Contributor(s): Shadis, M. (Author)
ISBN: 0312234732     ISBN-13: 9780312234737
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
OUR PRICE:   $94.99  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: October 2009
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Annotation: The women in the family that ruled thirteenth-century Castile used maternity, familial and political strategy, and religious and cultural patronage to secure their personal power as well as to promote their lineage. Leonor of England, and her daughters Blanche of Castile (Queen of France), Urraca (Queen of Portugal), Costanza (a Cistercian nun of Las Huelgas) and Leonor (Queen of Aragon) provide the context for a study focusing on Berenguela of Castile, Queen of Leon through marriage and of Castile by right of inheritance, whose most significant accomplishment was to enable the successful rule of her son Fernando.

Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science
- Social Science | Women's Studies
Dewey: B
LCCN: 2009006874
Series: New Middle Ages
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.5" W x 8.3" (0.95 lbs) 272 pages
Themes:
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
 
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The women in the family which ruled thirteenth-century Castile used maternity, familial and political strategy, and religious and cultural patronage to secure their personal power as well as to promote their lineage. Leonor of England, and her daughters Blanche of Castile (queen of France), Urraca (queen of Portugal), Costanza (a Cistercian nun of Las Huelgas) and Leonor, (queen of Aragon) provide the context for a study focusing on Berenguela of Castile, queen of Leon through marriage and of Castile by right of inheritance, whose most significant accomplishment was to enable the successful rule of her son Fernando.