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- catalog abstract "" ... Focuses on Queens Consort and through the study of the varied and extraordinary careers of the women who became Queens of France, Spain, England and Scotland, illuminates the conditions and constraints within which they operated and the extent to which they could overcome them .. examining the careers of women Regents and the female Governors of the Habsburg Netherlands. It then looks at the careers of the various women who did not succeed in ruling, many of them, like Lady Jane Grey, paid a high price for their unsuccessful bids for power. And finally it deals with the small but fascinating diverse band of sixteenth-century Queens Regend : Juana and Isabella of Castile, Jeanne d'Albret of Navarre, Mary and Elizabeth Tudor, and the tragic Mary, Queen of Scots."--from dustjacket.".
- catalog contributor b4182436.
- catalog coverage "Europe History 1492-1648.".
- catalog coverage "Europe Kings and rulers Biography.".
- catalog created "1991.".
- catalog date "1991".
- catalog date "1991.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1991.".
- catalog description "" ... Focuses on Queens Consort and through the study of the varied and extraordinary careers of the women who became Queens of France, Spain, England and Scotland, illuminates the conditions and constraints within which they operated and the extent to which they could overcome them .. examining the careers of women Regents and the female Governors of the Habsburg Netherlands. It then looks at the careers of the various women who did not succeed in ruling, many of them, like Lady Jane Grey, paid a high price for their unsuccessful bids for power. And finally it deals with the small but fascinating diverse band of sixteenth-century Queens Regend : Juana and Isabella of Castile, Jeanne d'Albret of Navarre, Mary and Elizabeth Tudor, and the tragic Mary, Queen of Scots."--from dustjacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction : Women rulers before the sixteenth century -- Part I: Wives of Kings -- The Great Heiresses -- Seals of Alliances -- The Political Queen -- Mothers of Sons -- Par II: Women Rulers -- Female Regents -- Queens Who Might Have Been -- Queens Regent -- Index of Principal Persons Mentioned".
- catalog extent "192 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0312065957 (US)".
- catalog identifier "0854783075 (UK)".
- catalog issued "1991".
- catalog issued "1991.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London : Vision Press ; New York : St. Martin's Press,".
- catalog spatial "Europe History 1492-1648.".
- catalog spatial "Europe Kings and rulers Biography.".
- catalog spatial "Europe".
- catalog subject "940.2/2/092 B 20".
- catalog subject "D226.7 .H67 1991".
- catalog subject "Queens Europe Biography.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction : Women rulers before the sixteenth century -- Part I: Wives of Kings -- The Great Heiresses -- Seals of Alliances -- The Political Queen -- Mothers of Sons -- Par II: Women Rulers -- Female Regents -- Queens Who Might Have Been -- Queens Regent -- Index of Principal Persons Mentioned".
- catalog title "Women who would be kings : female rulers of the sixteenth century / by Lisa Hopkins.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".