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Author Mielke, Christopher

Title The archaeology and material culture of queenship in medieval Hungary, 1000-1395 / Christopher Mielke
Published Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2021

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Description 1 online resource
Series Queenship and power
Queenship and power.
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. The Beginnings of the Hungarian queendom (c. 1000-1090) -- 3. Stones and bones and the queens of the twelfth century (1097-1193) -- 4. The office of the queen begins (1172-1233) -- 5. The second foundresses (1235-1295) -- 6. Long widowhoods (1296-1380) -- 7. Regent and Regnant (1370-1395) -- 8. Conclusions
Summary This book explores an alternate history of the power and agency of 30 Hungarian queens over 400 years by a rigorous examination of the material culture connected with their lives. By researching the objects, images, and spaces, it demonstrates how these women expressed and displayed their power. Queens used material culture and space not only to demonstrate their own power to a wide, international audience, but also to consolidate their own position when it was weakened by external circumstances. Both the public and private image of the queen factors significantly in understanding in her own role at the strongly centralized Hungarian court, and, moreover, how her position and person strengthened and complemented that of the king
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Queens -- Hungary -- History
Power (Social sciences)
Material culture -- Hungary -- History -- To 1500
Antiquities
Material culture
Power (Social sciences)
Queens
SUBJECT Hungary -- History -- 1000-1699. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85063049
Hungary -- Antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92002478
Subject Hungary
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9783030665111
3030665119