The women in the family which ruled thirteenth-century Castile used maternity, familial and political strategy, and religious and cultural patronage to secure their personal power as well as to promote their lineage. Leonor of England, and her daughters Blanche of Castile (queen of France), Urraca (queen of Portugal), Costanza (a Cistercian nun of Las Huelgas) and Leonor, (queen of Aragon) provide the context for a study focusing on Berenguela of Castile, queen of Leon through marriage and of Castile by right of inheritance, whose most significant accomplishment was to enable the successful rule of her son Fernando.
| ISBN: | 9780312234737 |
| Publication date: | 16th October 2009 |
| Author: | Miriam Shadis |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan US |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 251 pages |
| Series: | The New Middle Ages |
| Genres: |
European history European history: medieval period, middle ages Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval Gender studies, gender groups Clinical psychology General and world history |