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Sicilian Queenship: Power and Identity in the Kingdom of Sicily 1061-1266 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781943639212)
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xThis supplement to the author's major compendium of scholarly biographies of the queens of Sicily of the Norman-Swabian period presents detailed information on everything from court cuisine to the Sicilian language. Other topics include reginal charters (decrees), patronage (matronage), queenly residences, the concept of Sicilianità (Sicilian identity) among Sicily's queens, and sexuality and marriage. This is a useful volume for scholars or for any reader curious about the daily lives of these royal women.
Author: Jacqueline Alio
ISBN-10: 1943639213
ISBN-13: 9781943639212
Publisher: Trinacria Editions
Language: English
Published: 07/13/2025
Pages: 444
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 1.20d
By Jacqueline Alio
xKnown as the biographer of Sicily's medieval queens, Jacqueline Alio is one of Sicily's leading medievalists. She wrote the first scholarly compendium of biographies of her island's queens of the Norman and Swabian eras. Her landmark biography of Queen Margaret of Sicily established a new subject category in libraries. She wrote the first translation of the Ferraris Chronicle composed in 1228 and co-authored a guide to Sicilian Studies.
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