Becoming a Queen in Early Modern Europe East and West |
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| Author:
| Kosior, Katarzyna |
| Series title: | Queenship and Power Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-3-030-11847-1 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2019 |
| Publisher: | Springer International Publishing AG
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| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $99.99 |
Book Description:
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Queens of Poland are conspicuously absent from the study of European queenship--an absence which, together with early modern Poland's marginal place in the historiography, results in a picture of European royal culture that can only be lopsided and incomplete. Katarzyna Kosior cuts through persistent stereotypes of an East-West dichotomy and a culturally isolated early modern Poland to offer a groundbreaking comparative study of royal ceremony in Poland and France. The ceremonies of...
More DescriptionQueens of Poland are conspicuously absent from the study of European queenship--an absence which, together with early modern Poland's marginal place in the historiography, results in a picture of European royal culture that can only be lopsided and incomplete. Katarzyna Kosior cuts through persistent stereotypes of an East-West dichotomy and a culturally isolated early modern Poland to offer a groundbreaking comparative study of royal ceremony in Poland and France. The ceremonies of becoming a Jagiellonian or Valois queen, analysed in their larger European context, illuminate the connections that bound together monarchical Europe. These ceremonies are a gateway to a fuller understanding of European royal culture, demonstrating that it is impossible to make claims about European queenship without considering eastern Europe.