LEADER 04593nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910809981903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-89049-6 010 $a0-8122-0183-3 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812201833 035 $a(CKB)2550000000104576 035 $a(OCoLC)802052844 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10576126 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000703601 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11428612 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000703601 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10689825 035 $a(PQKB)10646986 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse18463 035 $a(DE-B1597)449037 035 $a(OCoLC)1013941910 035 $a(OCoLC)979753569 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812201833 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3441685 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10576126 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL420299 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3441685 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000104576 100 $a20090129d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe king's other body $eMaria of Castile and the crown of Aragon /$fTheresa Earenfight 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (x, 242 pages) $cillustrations, maps, genealogical tables 225 1 $aMiddle Ages series 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-8122-4185-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [215-236) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tA Note on Proper Names --$tMaps --$t1. Alter Nos: The Lieutenancy of María of Castile --$t2. From Castilian Princess to Aragonese Queen --$t3. From Queen to Queen-Lieutenant, 1420-35 --$t4. A Permanent Lieutenancy, 1436-48 --$t5. The Struggle to Liberate the Remença Peasants, 1448-53 --$t6. Queenship, Kingship, and the Dynamics of Monarchy --$tGenealogy: The Trastámara Family in the Crown of Aragon --$tAbbreviations --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex --$tAcknowledgments 330 $aQueen María of Castile, wife of Alfonso V, "the Magnanimous," king of the Crown of Aragon, governed Catalunya in the mid-fifteenth century while her husband conquered and governed the kingdom of Naples. For twenty-six years, she maintained a royal court and council separate from and roughly equivalent to those of Alfonso in Naples. Such legitimately sanctioned political authority is remarkable given that she ruled not as queen in her own right but rather as Lieutenant-General of Catalunya with powers equivalent to the king's. María does not fit conventional images of a queen as wife and mother; indeed, she had no children and so never served as queen-regent for any royal heirs in their minorities or exercised a queen-mother's privilege to act as diplomat when arranging the marriages of her children and grandchildren. But she was clearly more than just a wife offering advice: she embodied the king's personal authority and was second only to the king himself. She was his alter ego, the other royal body fully empowered to govern. For a medieval queen, this official form of corulership, combining exalted royal status with official political appointment, was rare and striking.The King's Other Body is both a biography of María and an analysis of her political partnership with Alfonso. María's long, busy tenure as lieutenant prompts a reconsideration of long-held notions of power, statecraft, personalities, and institutions. It is also a study of the institution of monarchy and a theoretical reconsideration of the operations of gender within it. If the practice of monarchy is conventionally understood as strictly a man's job, María's reign presents a compelling argument for a more complex model, one attentive to the dynamic relationship of queenship and kingship and the circumstances and theories that shaped the institution she inhabited. 410 0$aMiddle Ages series. 606 $aMonarchy$zSpain$zAragon$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aPolitical culture$zSpain$zAragon$xHistory$yTo 1500 607 $aAragon (Spain)$xHistory$yAlfonso V, 1416-1458 607 $aAragon (Spain)$xKings and rulers$vBiography 615 0$aMonarchy$xHistory 615 0$aPolitical culture$xHistory 676 $a946/.02092 676 $aB 700 $aEarenfight$b Theresa$f1954-$0764999 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809981903321 996 $aThe king's other body$93960147 997 $aUNINA