Yolande of Aragon (1381-1442) Family and Power: The Reverse of the Tapestry

by Zita Eva Rohr

Overview

Yolande of Aragon is one of the most intriguing of late medieval queens who contrived to be everywhere and nowhere, operating seamlessly from backstage and center stage. She is acknowledged as having been shrewd and intelligent - an éminence grise whose political and diplomatic agency secured the throne of France for her son-in-law, Charles VII.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349581290
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	06/05/2016
Series:	Queenship and Power
Edition description:	1st ed. 2016
Pages:	284
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Zita Eva Rohr is Researcher and Tutor attached to the Department of History at The University of Sydney, Australia. Her primary research interests include the theory and practice of rulership, politics and gender in medieval and early modern Europe. She earned her Ph.D. in 2009 from the University of Armidale, Australia. In 2004 she was admitted to the Ordre des Palmes Académiques (chevalier grade).

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Infanta of Aragon: Family Matters
2. No Woman Merits Comparison With Her
3. Yolans Regina Siciliae
4. The Art of Prudence
5. En la Foret de Longue Attente: Recovery and Reform
6. Conclusion

Editorial Reviews

Rohr gives scholars and students of medieval France, queens and the practice of queenship a much richer, more nuanced, more meaningful portrait of a complex historic tapestry.” (Theresa Earenfight, French History, Vol. 31 (1), March, 2017)

“Continuing the recent trend toward writing biographies of lesser-known female political figures, Zita Eva Rohr has privileged her readers in Yolande of Aragon (1381-1442) Family and Power with an in-depth look into the life and times of Yolande. … a well-written and researched insight into the activities of the house of Valois-Anjou from 1380 to 1442, a house and historical period which have desperately needed more focused analyses such as this.” (Derek R. Whaley, Royal Studies Journal, Vol. 3 (2), 2016)

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