Medievalists.net » Navarre http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 03:31:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 King’s sister, queen of dissent: Marguerite of Navarre (1492-1549) and her evangelical network http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/07/kings-sister-queen-dissent-marguerite-navarre-1492-1549-evangelical-network/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/07/kings-sister-queen-dissent-marguerite-navarre-1492-1549-evangelical-network/#comments Fri, 07 Nov 2014 11:10:26 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=53957 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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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/07/kings-sister-queen-dissent-marguerite-navarre-1492-1549-evangelical-network/feed/ 0 The Queen and her consort : succession, politics and partnership in the kingdom of Navarre, 1274-1512 http://www.medievalists.net/2013/09/29/the-queen-and-her-consort-succession-politics-and-partnership-in-the-kingdom-of-navarre-1274-1512/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/09/29/the-queen-and-her-consort-succession-politics-and-partnership-in-the-kingdom-of-navarre-1274-1512/#comments Sun, 29 Sep 2013 10:21:17 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=43940 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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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/09/29/the-queen-and-her-consort-succession-politics-and-partnership-in-the-kingdom-of-navarre-1274-1512/feed/ 0 Delivering stability: Primogeniture and autocratic survival in European monarchies 1000-1800 http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/27/delivering-stability-primogeniture-and-autocratic-survival-in-european-monarchies-1000-1800/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/27/delivering-stability-primogeniture-and-autocratic-survival-in-european-monarchies-1000-1800/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2013 04:14:53 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=40138 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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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/27/delivering-stability-primogeniture-and-autocratic-survival-in-european-monarchies-1000-1800/feed/ 0 Castle of Intellect, Castle of Force: The Worlds of Alfonso the Learned and James the Conqueror http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/04/castle-of-intellect-castle-of-force-the-worlds-of-alfonso-the-learned-and-james-the-conqueror/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/04/castle-of-intellect-castle-of-force-the-worlds-of-alfonso-the-learned-and-james-the-conqueror/#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:50:43 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=23850 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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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/04/castle-of-intellect-castle-of-force-the-worlds-of-alfonso-the-learned-and-james-the-conqueror/feed/ 0 The Genoese citizenship of Carlo I Tocco of December 2, 1389 http://www.medievalists.net/2010/01/24/the-genoese-citizenship-of-carlo-i-tocco-of-december-2-1389/ http://www.medievalists.net/2010/01/24/the-genoese-citizenship-of-carlo-i-tocco-of-december-2-1389/#comments Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:41:59 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=6652 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.

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