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Legitimizing the Queen
Cristina Guardiola Griffiths
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Description for Legitimizing the Queen
Hardback. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
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 the Catholic monarchs. These largely propagandistic works were designed to garner power, and once maintained, further Isabel's agenda. This ... Read more
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 the Catholic monarchs. These largely propagandistic works were designed to garner power, and once maintained, further Isabel's agenda. This ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
Number of Pages
190
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611480184
SKU
V9781611480184
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About Cristina Guardiola Griffiths
Cristina Guardiola-Griffiths is assistant professor at the University of Delaware.
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