Unexpected heirs in early modern europe : potential kings and queens / Valerie Schutte, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schutte, Valerie, editor.

Series:

Queenship and power

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heirs.

History.

Monarchy.

Europe--History--1492-1648.

Europe.

Kings and rulers--Succession.

Kings and rulers.

Monarchy--Europe--History--To 1500.

Monarchy--Europe--History--16th century.

Heirs--Europe--History--To 1500.

Heirs--Europe--History--16th century.

Physical Description:

xi, 280 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017]

Contents:

Introduction

A bastard and a changeling? England's Edward of Westminster and delayed childbirth / Kristen Geaman

Margaret Tudor, Countess of Richmond, and Elizabeth of York: dynastic competitors or allies? / Retha M. Warnicke

Perceptions of princesses: pre-accession book dedications to Mary and Elizabeth Tudor / Valerie Schutte

Fit for a king? The gendered emotional performances of Catherine de Medici as Dauphine of France, 1536-1547 / Susan Broomhill

Never the queen: Anne Stuart's formative years / Troy Heffernan

Another spare to the French crown: Henry III of France's self-representation, reputation, and royal authority / Estelle Paranque

Losing an unexpected throne: deposing second sons of the Stuart Dynasty / Cathleen Sarti

Expected, then passed over: second sons in the French monarchy of the seventeenth century / Jonathan Spangler

A queen in constant motion: Queen Christina of Sweden and the unexpected mobility of sovereignty / Camilla Kandare

The unexpected virgin: the perpetual succession crisis of Elizabeth I / William B. Robison.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783319552934

3319552937

OCLC:

1015239963

Publisher Number:

99974827860