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- Book Title
- From She-Wolf to Martyr : the Reign and Disputed Reputation of Johanna I of Naples
- Item Length
- 9.4in
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, History
- Topic
- Women, Cultural Heritage, Royalty, Europe / Italy, Europe / Medieval
- Item Width
- 6.1in
- Item Weight
- 32.1 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 312 Pages
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In From She-Wolf to Martyr , Elizabeth Casteen examines Johanna I of Naples's evolving, problematic reputation and uses it as a lens through which to analyze often-contradictory late-medieval conceptions of rulership, authority, and femininity.
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Cornell University Press
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0801453860
ISBN-13
9780801453861
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211399061
Product Key Features
Book Title
From She-Wolf to Martyr : the Reign and Disputed Reputation of Johanna I of Naples
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Women, Cultural Heritage, Royalty, Europe / Italy, Europe / Medieval
Publication Year
2015
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Number of Pages
312 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.4in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
32.1 Oz
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Dg847.5.C37 2015
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College Graduate Student
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"Virtuous ruler, loving mother, and martyr: these terms are seldom heard in relation to Johanna I, queen of Naples. On the contrary, when the memory of the notorious fourteenth-century queen is invoked, murderer, harlot, and schismatic are just a few of the choice epithets far more likely to spring to mind. It is one of the great virtues of Elizabeth Casteen's fine new book that it reveals a more nuanced portrait of the Angevin queen. From the moment that Johanna-a woman!-inherited the Kingdom of Naples from her grandfather, she became the talk of Europe, on the lips of everyone from Boccaccio to Birgitta of Sweden. Such talk or fama is the subject of Casteen's admirable book, which seeks first to deconstruct it through a careful study of the political and religious contexts in which it emerged, and then by shining the bright light of gender analysis on it, which reveals a far more complicated-if still controversial-queen."-Katherine L. Jansen, Catholic University of America, author of The Making of the Magdalen: Preaching and Popular Devotion in the Later Middle Ages, In From She-Wolf to Martyr , Elizabeth Casteen provides a very important and useful contribution not only to Italian history and Neapolitan studies but also to the current lively discussion of queenship and female agency in the Middle Ages., "This is an extremely well-conceived book about the long and complex life and reign of Johanna of Naples. It is meticulously researched, and Elizabeth Casteen skillfully handles an impressive range of primary sources, some archival and some published."--Theresa Earenfight, Seattle University, The King's Other Body: María of Castile and the Crown of Aragon, "In From She-Wolf to Martyr, Elizabeth Casteen provides a very important and useful contribution not only to Italian history and Neapolitan studies but also to the current lively discussion of queenship and female agency in the Middle Ages."-Ronald G. Musto, publisher, Italica Press, author of Medieval Naples: A Documentary History, 400-1400, This is an extremely well-conceived book about the long and complex life and reign of Johanna of Naples. It is meticulously researched, and Elizabeth Casteen skillfully handles an impressive range of primary sources, some archival and some published., "Virtuous ruler, loving mother, and martyr: these terms are seldom heard in relation to Johanna I, queen of Naples. On the contrary, when the memory of the notorious fourteenth-century queen is invoked, murderer, harlot, and schismatic are just a few of the choice epithets far more likely to spring to mind. It is one of the great virtues of Elizabeth Casteen's fine new book that it reveals a more nuanced portrait of the Angevin queen. From the moment that Johanna--a woman!--inherited the Kingdom of Naples from her grandfather, she became the talk of Europe, on the lips of everyone from Boccaccio to Birgitta of Sweden. Such talk or fama is the subject of Casteen's admirable book, which seeks first to deconstruct it through a careful study of the political and religious contexts in which it emerged, and then by shining the bright light of gender analysis on it, which reveals a far more complicated--if still controversial--queen."--Katherine L. Jansen, Catholic University of America, author of The Making of the Magdalen: Preaching and Popular Devotion in the Later Middle Ages, "In From She-Wolf to Martyr, Elizabeth Casteen provides a very important and useful contribution not only to Italian history and Neapolitan studies but also to the current lively discussion of queenship and female agency in the Middle Ages."--Ronald G. Musto, publisher, Italica Press, author of Medieval Naples: A Documentary History, 400-1400, Casteen's study is essential reading for those who seek to understand more about the life, reputation, and times of this enigmatic queen regnant and the important and difficult religious and spiritual questions raised by her reign and by the turbulent times in which she lived., Perhaps the book's most valuable contribution is in its sensitive handling of medieval preconceptions about femininity, Johanna's opponents made abundant use of negative tropes about women--their irrationality, their lust, their physical and moral weakness--to discredit her claim to authority. But Casteen also explores how Johanna and her partisans manipulated more positive constructions of femininity--such as piety, humility, and obedience--as a means to promote her power while seeming, rhetorically, to limit it.... The book concludes by contrasting Johanna's posthumous reputation in Naples as a she-wolf (to use Boccaccio's term) with her legacy in Provence, another part of her domains, where she was remembered as a pious, almost saintly, maternal figure. It is a testament to Casteen's thorough and evenhanded scholarship that the reader is left not only convinced of the equal legitimacy of these two depictions but also unsurprised by their coexistence., "Through a careful analysis of extensive archival, manuscript, and secondary sources, Casteen (Binghamton Univ.-SUNY) makes an intriguing contribution to recent scholarly discussions of medieval queenship, the creation of reputations, 'cultural imaginary,'and the reliability of narrative sources. The author traces Johanna I of Naples's shifting public image throughout her reign as she was lambasted by her enemies, marginalized by one husband, criticized by female saints, and lauded by her allies, an image always cast in gendered terms."--J. M. Pope, Choice (April 2016), "Perhaps the book's most valuable contribution is in its sensitive handling of medieval preconceptions about femininity, Johanna's opponents made abundant use of negative tropes about women-their irrationality, their lust, their physical and moral weakness-to discredit her claim to authority. But Casteen also explores how Johanna and her partisans manipulated more positive constructions of femininity-such as piety, humility, and obedience-as a means to promote her power while seeming, rhetorically, to limit it. . . . The book concludes by contrasting Johanna's posthumous reputation in Naples as a "she-wolf" (to use Boccaccio's term) with her legacy in Provence, another part of her domains, where she was remembered as a pious, almost saintly, maternal figure. It is a testament to Casteen's thorough and evenhanded scholarship that the reader is left not only convinced of the equal legitimacy of these two depictions but also unsurprised by their coexistence."-Janna Bianchini, The Catholic Historical Review (Autumn 2016), "This is an extremely well-conceived book about the long and complex life and reign of Johanna of Naples. It is meticulously researched, and Elizabeth Casteen skillfully handles an impressive range of primary sources, some archival and some published."-Theresa Earenfight, Seattle University, The King's Other Body: Mara of Castile and the Crown of Aragon, "This is an extremely well-conceived book about the long and complex life and reign of Johanna of Naples. It is meticulously researched, and Elizabeth Casteen skillfully handles an impressive range of primary sources, some archival and some published."--Theresa Earenfight, Seattle University, The King's Other Body: Mara of Castile and the Crown of Aragon, Casteen's book... is now the best available introduction to Johanna's life and reign, and the first, much-needed, serious study of late medieval queenship in southern Italy., Through a careful analysis of extensive archival, manuscript, and secondary sources, Casteen (Binghamton Univ.-SUNY) makes an intriguing contribution to recent scholarly discussions of medieval queenship, the creation of reputations, 'cultural imaginary,'and the reliability of narrative sources. The author traces Johanna I of Naples's shifting public image throughout her reign as she was lambasted by her enemies, marginalized by one husband, criticized by female saints, and lauded by her allies, an image always cast in gendered terms., "Through a careful analysis of extensive archival, manuscript, and secondary sources, Casteen (Binghamton Univ.-SUNY) makes an intriguing contribution to recent scholarly discussions of medieval queenship, the creation of reputations, 'cultural imaginary,'and the reliability of narrative sources. The author traces Johanna I of Naples's shifting public image throughout her reign as she was lambasted by her enemies, marginalized by one husband, criticized by female saints, and lauded by her allies, an image always cast in gendered terms."-J. M. Pope, Choice (April 2016), Virtuous ruler, loving mother, and martyr: these terms are seldom heard in relation to Johanna I, queen of Naples. On the contrary, when the memory of the notorious fourteenth-century queen is invoked, murderer, harlot, and schismatic are just a few of the choice epithets far more likely to spring to mind. It is one of the great virtues of Elizabeth Casteen's fine new book that it reveals a more nuanced portrait of the Angevin queen. From the moment that Johanna--a woman!--inherited the Kingdom of Naples from her grandfather, she became the talk of Europe, on the lips of everyone from Boccaccio to Birgitta of Sweden. Such talk or fama is the subject of Casteen's admirable book, which seeks first to deconstruct it through a careful study of the political and religious contexts in which it emerged, and then by shining the bright light of gender analysis on it, which reveals a far more complicated--if still controversial--queen.
Table of Content
Introduction1. The Murder of Andrew of Hungary and the Making of a Neapolitan She-Wolf2. From She-Wolf to Radiant Queen: The Reign of Louis of Taranto and the Rehabilitation of Johanna of Naples3. A Most Loving Daughter: Filial Piety and the Apogee of Johanna's Reign4. An "Especially Good Friend" to Saints: Friendship, Politics, and the Performance of Sovereignty5. The Schism of the Western Church and the Division of Johanna of NaplesEpilogue Conclusion Bibliography Index
Copyright Date
2016
Lccn
2015-014131
Dewey Decimal
945.7/05092 B
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Trade
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23
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