UID:
almahu_9949597660002882
Format:
1 online resource :
,
illustrations, maps
ISBN:
9781501701009 (ebook) :
Content:
In 1343 a seventeen-year-old girl named Johanna (1326-1382) ascended the Neapolitan throne, becoming the ruling monarch of one of medieval Europe's most important polities. For nearly forty years, she held her throne and the avid attention of her contemporaries. Their varied responses to her reign created a reputation that made Johanna the most notorious woman in Europe during her lifetime. This book examines Johanna's evolving, problematic reputation and uses it as a lens through which to analyze often-contradictory late-medieval conceptions of rulership, authority, and femininity.
Note:
Previously issued in print: 2015.
Additional Edition:
Print version : ISBN 9780801453861
Language:
English
URL:
Cornell scholarship online
