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King’s sister, queen of dissent: Marguerite of Navarre (1492-1549) and her evangelical network

November 7, 2014 By Medievalists.net

Marguerite de Navarre - Statue of Marguerite of Angoulême, in the gardens of the city hall of Angoulême

This study reconstructs the previously unknown history of the most important dissident group within France before the French Reformed Church formed during the 1550s.

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The Queen and her consort : succession, politics and partnership in the kingdom of Navarre, 1274-1512

September 29, 2013 By Medievalists.net

This thesis draws attention to an exceptional group of sovereigns and demonstrates the important role that these women and their spouses played in the political history of Western Europe during the Late Middle Ages. It also highlights the particular challenges of female rule and offers new modes of analysis by focusing on unique areas of investigation which have not been previously examined

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Delivering stability: Primogeniture and autocratic survival in European monarchies 1000-1800

March 27, 2013 By Medievalists.net

Miniature of busts of Geoffrey, Duke of Ardenne; William, Count of Warenne; Godfrey, 'Erle of Arigy'; and Eric, Count of Bigorre; each with their arms and at the beginning of a branch of the genealogical tree.

Although the dominating position of primogeniture at the end of the period might seem natural given primogeniture’s many advantages for the monarch and the ruling elite it was first rather late in history that the principle came to dominate Europe.

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Castle of Intellect, Castle of Force: The Worlds of Alfonso the Learned and James the Conqueror

August 4, 2011 By Medievalists.net

Castle of Intellect, Castle of Force: The Worlds of Alfonso the Learned and James the Conqueror BURNS, S.J., ROBERT I. THE LIBRARY OF IBERIAN RESOURCES ONLINE The Worlds of Alfonso the Learned and James the Conqueror Princeton (1986) Abstract King alfonso and King James were born into a world of stunning change. Each was to accelerate […]

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The Genoese citizenship of Carlo I Tocco of December 2, 1389

January 24, 2010 By Medievalists.net

The Genoese citizenship, granted to Carlo I Tocco and his regent mother Magdalene by the authorities of the Republic of Genova (December 2, 1389) is a document the existence of which is widely accepted in the scholarly circles despite the fact that the details of its content have still remained largely unknown.