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1 online resource (191 pages) |
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Legitimizing the Queen; Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue: Tanto monta, monta tanto: Political and Literary Affinitiesin the Quest for Sovereignty; 1. A Mirror for the Princess?: Advice Books and the Debate on Women; 2. Politics and Gender in the Fight for Castile; 3. Legitimizing the Queen: Isabel the Catholic and the Poncella de Francia; 4. The Transparent Mirror: The Application for Justice in the Diálogo del prudente rey y el sabio aldeano; 5. The Fractured Portrait, a Cracked Mirror of Ideals; Notes; Works Cited; Index |
| Summary |
Legitimizing the Queen deals with a genre particular to the Middle Ages: the specula principum (mirror of prince). Its importance as an object of study may be understood in light of the political instability that wracked the Castilian fifteenth century. The many works written for and dedicated to Isabel I of Castile depict her kingdom as a shipwrecked boat, a wayward realm, and a land of bankrupt people. These works suggest the kingdom's need for redemption through the strong leadership of theCatholic monarchs. These largely propagandistic works were designed to garner power, and once maintain |
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Print version record |
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Isabella I, Queen of Spain, 1451-1504 -- In literature
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Isabella I, Queen of Spain, 1451-1504 fast |
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Education of princesses -- Spain -- History
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Patronage, Political -- Spain -- History -- 15th century
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Courts and courtiers
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Education of princesses
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Kings and rulers -- Conduct of life
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Literature
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Patronage, Political
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Spain -- History -- Ferdinand and Isabella, 1479-1516.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85126075
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Spain -- Kings and rulers -- Conduct of life
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Spain -- Court and courtiers -- History
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Spain
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781611480191 |
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1611480191 |
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