Berenguela of Castile (1180-1246) and Political Women in the High Middle AgesThe 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. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Leonor of England Queen of Castile 11611214 | 23 |
Marriage Agreements and the Making of a Queen | 51 |
The Limits of Power and Authority | 73 |
The Mothering Queen | 97 |
Berenguela Conquest and Crusade | 122 |
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Berenguela of Castile (1180-1246) and Political Women in the High Middle Ages M. Shadis No preview available - 2009 |
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Alfonso IX Alfonso IX's Alfonso VIII Aragón Archbishop Rodrigo arras authority Beatriz Bishop Blanche of Castile Blanche's Burgos Capetian Castile and León Castilian Castroverde charters Christian Chronica latina chroniclers church Cistercian Conrad Constanza Córdoba cortes corule court crusading daughter dead death documents Eleanor Enrique Enrique's father female Fernández Fernando Fernando III France gender González Gonzalo heir historians Huelgas husband Iberian Infante Juan of Osma King Alfonso king of Castile king of León king’s kingdom kingdom of León knights Las Huelgas Leonese Leonor of England lineage Linehan Louis Lucas of Túy Madrid Mansilla marriage married Martin Middle Ages monastery mother motherhood Muslims Navarre nobles patronage political Primera crónica Queen Berenguela Queen Leonor queen of León Reconquest regency reign relationship Rodríguez López role royal ruler Salamanca San Isidoro Sancha and Dulce Seligenstadt status suggests Teresa throne tion Toledo tomb Treaty of Seligenstadt Urraca Valencia Valladolid VIII’s wife women