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

"Queenship (social conditions connected with the status of being a queen) of the eighteen countesses and (from 1130) queens of Sicily from 1061 to 1266. Topics include historiography, sisterhood (comparisons to contemporary queens elsewhere in Europe and the Mediterranean), identity, ethical behavior, marriage, motherhood religious devotion, administration, reginal patronage, law, titles and seals, coronations, more. Book is supplement to Queens of Sicily 1061-1266 by the same author and a useful introduction in the field of women's studies. This is part of the Sicilian Medieval Studies imprint. Includes maps, charts, black-and-white photographs, notes, bibliography, index. The first volume ever published in English dedicated to this subject as regards Sicily during this period"--

About the author

Known as the biographer of Sicily's medieval queens, Jacqueline Alio is one of Sicily's leading medievalists. She wrote the first scholarly compendium of biographies of her island's queens of the Norman and Swabian eras. Her landmark biography of Queen Margaret of Sicily established a new subject category in libraries. She wrote the first translation of the Ferraris Chronicle composed in 1228 and co-authored a guide to Sicilian Studies.

Product details

• Authors: Jacqueline Alio
• Publisher: Trinacria Editions LLC
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9781943639212
• ISBN: 978-1-943639-21-2
• No. of pages: 444
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 201 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 612 g
• Series: Sicilian Medieval Studies
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; royalty, HISTORY / Medieval, Biography / Autobiography