Queenship and Power: East and West

Kosior, Katarzyna

Queens of Poland are conspicuously absent from the study of European queenship—an absence which, together with early modern Poland’s marginal place in the historiography, results in a picture of European royal culture that can only be lopsided and incomplete. Katarzyna Kosior cuts through persistent stereotypes of an East-West dichotomy and a culturally isolated early modern Poland to offer a groundbreaking comparative study of royal ceremony in Poland and France. The ceremonies of becoming a Jagiellonian or Valois queen, analysed in their larger European context, illuminate the connections that bound together monarchical Europe. These ceremonies are a gateway to a fuller understanding of European royal culture, demonstrating that it is impossible to make claims about European queenship without considering eastern Europe.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2019-03-26

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9783030118471

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-11848-8

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 256