Royal childhood and child kingship boy kings in England, Scotland, France and Germany, c.1050-1262

Refining adult-focused perspectives on medieval rulership, Emily Joan Ward exposes the problematic nature of working from the assumption that kingship equated to adult power. Children's participation and political assent could be important facets of the day-to-day activities of rule, as this st...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Ward, Emily Joan (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press 2022.
Colección:CUP ebooks.
Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought : Fourth series ; 120.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b4702866x*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Royal Childhood and Child Kingship
  • Children and Kingship in the Early and Central Middle Ages
  • Woe to Thee, O Land? Models of Child Kingship
  • Familial Education : Preparing Boys to be Kings
  • Loyalty, Diplomacy and (Co-)Kingship : Preparing Political Communities
  • The Royal Deathbed : Preparing for Child Kingship
  • Guardianship, Regency and Legality
  • Adapting and Collaborating : Child Kingship and Royal Rule
  • Feasting Princes? Violence, Conflict and Child Kingship
  • Entering Adolescence : Knighting, Seals and Royal Maturity
  • Re-Thinking Child Kingship, c.1050-1262.