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Legitimizing the queen : propaganda and ideology in the reign of Isabel I of Castile / Cristina Guardiola-Griffiths.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Guardiola-Griffiths, Cristina, 1970-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education of princesses--Spain--History.
- Education of princesses.
- Patronage, Political--Spain--History--15th century.
- Patronage, Political.
- Spain--History--Ferdinand and Isabella, 1479-1516.
- Spain.
- Spain--Kings and rulers--Conduct of life.
- Spain--Court and courtiers--History.
- Isabella I, Queen of Spain, 1451-1504--In literature.
- Isabella.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (191 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Lewisburg, [Pa.] : Bucknell University Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Isabel I's reign in Castile responds to the ostensible needs expressed throughout the fifteenth-century for moral and political regeneration. Isabel is seen in many works as a just and wise monarch, as a redeemer of her people, and as a divine sovereign. This book reviews changes in the gendered construction of Isabelline sovereignty from the theoretical perspective of the speculum principum dedicated to her. It offers a Bourdieuian approach to the more literary specula texts used to legitimize and uphold Isabel's power.
- Contents:
- Legitimizing the Queen; Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue: Tanto monta, monta tanto: Political and Literary Affinitiesin the Quest for Sovereignty; 1. A Mirror for the Princess?: Advice Books and the Debate on Women; 2. Politics and Gender in the Fight for Castile; 3. Legitimizing the Queen: Isabel the Catholic and the Poncella de Francia; 4. The Transparent Mirror: The Application for Justice in the Diálogo del prudente rey y el sabio aldeano; 5. The Fractured Portrait, a Cracked Mirror of Ideals; Notes; Works Cited; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-35628-8
- 1-283-23392-4
- 9786613233929
- 1-61148-019-1
- OCLC:
- 747410600
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