Europe
Women, Gender, and Rulership in Romance Europe: The Iberian Case
By , Ohio University (April 2006)
Sections: Europe
Subjects: History, Women's History.
Periods: 1000 - 1999, 1100-1199, 1200-1299, 1300-1399, 1400-1499.
Abstract
This essay outlines some main themes of gender and rulership in Iberian history from the early twelfth through the fifteenth centuries. Focusing mainly on queens, the essay also addresses the experience of other elite women and men, looking at the nexus of gender ideology and the practical requirements of monarchy.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-0542.2006.00330.x
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