Sicilian Queenship

"Queenship (social conditions connected with the status of being a queen) of the eighteen countesses and (from 1130) queens of Sicily from 1061 to 1266. Topics include historiography, sisterhood (comparisons to contemporary queens elsewhere in Europe and the Mediterranean), identity, ethical behavior, marriage, motherhood religious devotion, administration, reginal patronage, law, titles and seals, coronations, more. Book is supplement to Queens of Sicily 1061-1266 by the same author and a useful introduction in the field of women's studies. This is part of the Sicilian Medieval Studies imprint. Includes maps, charts, black-and-white photographs, notes, bibliography, index. The first volume ever published in English dedicated to this subject as regards Sicily during this period"--