Sicilian Queenship - Power and Identity in the Kingdom of Sicily 1061-1266

This supplement to the author's major compendium of scholarly biographies of the queens of Sicily of the Norman-Swabian period presents detailed information on everything from court cuisine to the Sicilian language. Other topics include reginal charters (decrees), patronage (matronage), queenly residences, the concept of Sicilianità (Sicilian identity) among Sicily's queens, and sexuality and marriage. This is a useful volume for scholars or for any reader curious about the daily lives of these royal women.

About the author

Jacqueline Alio is one of Sicily's leading medievalists, and she has published more in English about Sicily's queens than any other biographer. She also translated (into English) the Ferraris Chronicle, and co-authored a book on multicultural medieval Sicily.

Product details

• Authors: Jacqueline Alio
• Publisher: Trinacria Editions
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9781943639212
• ISBN: 978-1-943639-21-2
• No. of pages: 446
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 202 mm x 26 mm
• Weight: 543 g
• Series: Sicilian Medieval Studies
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; royalty, HISTORY / Medieval, Biography / Autobiography