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This book explores an alternate history of the power and agency of 30 Hungarian queens over 400 years by a rigorous examination of the material culture connected with their lives. By researching the objects, images, and spaces, it demonstrates how these women expressed and displayed their power. Queens used material culture and space not only to demonstrate their own power to a wide, international audience, but also to consolidate their own position when it was weakened by external circumstances. Both the public and private image of the queen factors significantly in understanding in her own role at the strongly centralized Hungarian court, and, moreover, how her position and person strengthened and complemented that of the king. Acknowledgments 7 Contents 9 List of Figures 10 A List of Queens Included in this Study 14 1 Introduction 16 Power and Medieval Queenship 17 Literature Review 21 Agency Theory and Object Biography 27 Methodology: Reginal Objects and Spaces 31 “Official” Objects—Seals, Coinage, and Heraldry 31 Clothing and Regalia 33 Religious Objects and Books 34 Public Monuments and Private Illustrations 35 Spaces: Residences, Monasteries, Burials 36 Objects from th

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Author

Christopher Mielke

Publisher

Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9783030665128

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Anthropology, Humanities