ISBN10: 0312234732, ISBN13: 9780312234737, [publisher: Springer Nature Singapore] Hardcover Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - 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.
[Einbeck, Germany] [Publication Year: 2002]
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New York Palgrave MacMillan 2009 2009 ed. Hard cover New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 251 p. Contains: Maps. New Middle Ages.

Palgrave Macmillan, Date: 2009. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 251 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.75 inches. 2009. Palgrave Macmillan ISBN 0312234732 9780312234737 [GB]