Legitimizing the Queen: Propaganda and Ideology in the Reign of Isabel I of Castile

by Cristina Guardiola-Griffiths

Isabel I's reign in Castile responds to the ostensible needs expressed throughout the fifteenth-century for moral and political regeneration. Isabel is seen in many works as a just and wise monarch, as a redeemer of her people, and as a divine sovereign. This book reviews changes in the gendered construction of Isabelline sovereignty from the theoretical perspective of the speculum principum dedicated to her. It offers a Bourdieuian approach to the more literary specula texts used to legitimize and uphold Isabel's power.

191 pages, ebook

First published December 10, 2010

Reviews

[Caitlin Moon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliantly written and eye-opening