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Women, Gender, and Rulership in Romance Europe: The Iberian Case
Article first published online: 28 APR 2006
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-0542.2006.00330.x
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Shadis, M. (2006), Women, Gender, and Rulership in Romance Europe: The Iberian Case. History Compass, 4: 481–487. doi: 10.1111/j.1478-0542.2006.00330.x
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- Issue published online: 28 APR 2006
- Article first published online: 28 APR 2006
- History Compass 4/3 (2006): 481–487, 10.1111/j.1478-0542.2006.00330.x
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Abstract
This essay outlines some main themes of gender and rulership in Iberian history from the early twelfth through the fifteenth centuries. Focusing mainly on queens, the essay also addresses the experience of other elite women and men, looking at the nexus of gender ideology and the practical requirements of monarchy.