Legitimizing the Queen : Propaganda and Ideology in the Reign of Isabel I of Castile.

Legitimizing the Queen : Propaganda and Ideology in the Reign of Isabel I of Castile.

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 Is...

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Main Author: Guardiola-Griffiths, Cristina
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, 2010.
Subjects:
Isabella > I, > Queen of Spain, > 1451-1504 > In literature.
Isabella > I, > Queen of Spain, > 1451-1504
1400-1516
Education of princesses > Spain > History.
Patronage, Political > Spain > History > 15th century.
Courts and courtiers
Education of princesses
Kings and rulers > Conduct of life
Literature
Patronage, Political
Spain > History > Ferdinand and Isabella, 1479-1516.
Spain > Kings and rulers > Conduct of life.
Spain > Court and courtiers > History.
Spain
History
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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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