Abstract
The empowerment of the ruling queens of Castile, Aragón, Navarra, and Portugal, as compared to their counterparts north of the Pyrenees, has been justly recognized.1 Deserving attention has been shown to those who ruled in their own right, such as Urraca of León (1079–1126), Berenguela of Castile (1180–1246), and Isabel la Católica (1451–1504), as well as those who ruled as consorts.2 Recognition of their achievements arises in part from a broadening of the definition of queenship to what Theresa Earenfight characterizes as “a repertoire of collective norms, institutional structures, and strategies for participation within the public political sphere of monarchy…In short, queenship is a partnership.”3 Such a formula, predicated on the corollary of kingship, begs the question of how the history of queenship is written postrulership. Or to put it more simply, what happens to the queen consort when “till death do us part” becomes parted by death?
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Katz, M.R. (2013). The Final Testament of Violante de Aragón (c. 1236–1300/01): Agency and (dis)Empowerment of a Dowager Queen. In: Woodacre, E. (eds) Queenship in the Mediterranean. Queenship and Power. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137362834_4
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