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Queens
Women in Power through History
Jestice, Dr Phyllis G
Amber Books Ltd
09/2022
224
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Inglês
9781838862275
15 a 20 dias
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Introduction
The Ancient World
Hatshetsup, Pharaoh of Egypt (c.1493-1479 BCE) - the first and longest reigning woman pharaoh in Egyptian history. After her husband Thurmose's death, Hatshetsup reigned for 20 years. She restored her country's prosperity by rebuilding trade routes. One expedition returned with myrrh trees for making scent - the first recorded transplant of foreign trees. Hatshetsup left an extraordinary legacy of buildings including her mortuary temple at the entrance to Egypt's Valley of the Kings.
Queen Tomyris of the Massagetae, a nomadic people in Central Asia.
Artemisia I of Caria (484-460 BCE) Greek queen in Asia Minor, she helped Persian king Xerxes at the Battle of Salamis in 480 BCE.
Cleopatra (51-30 BCE) - The last the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Cleopatra was diplomat, naval commander, linguist, and medical author.
Boudicca - led a revolt against the Romans in England in 60 CE.
Trung Sisters - a pair of fantastically brave Vietnamese warrior women who fought to oust their Chinese overlords in the first half of the 1st century CE.
Zenobia (267-272 CE) - queen of the Palmyrene Empire in Syria
The Early Medieval World
Theodora (500-548 CE) - Empress of Byzantium, wife of Emperor Justinian. A street performer who caught the emperor's eye, Theodora rose to rule the empire alongside her husband. She extended rights for women, passing laws that allowed them to divorce and own property and made rape a crime punishable by death.
Wu Zetian (690-705 CE) - the sole officially recognized empress regnant of China in more than two millennia. She entered court as a concubine and may have strangled her daughter and poisoned her son to advance her status. Skulduggery aside, the importance to history of Wu Zetian's period of political and military leadership includes the major expansion of the Chinese empire, extending it deep into Central Asia. Within China, besides the more direct consequences of her struggle to gain and maintain supreme power, Wu's leadership resulted in important effects regarding social class in society and in relation to state support for Taoism, Buddhism, education, and literature.
AEthelflaed (911-918) - Daughter of Alfred the Great and married to the ruler of the kingdom of Mercia, the fierce Queen became known as the 'Lady of the Mercians'.
The High Middle Ages
Eleanor of Aquitaine - the richest woman in 12th century Europe. She married first the king of France, introduced courtly literature to the French court and accompanied him on crusade. With the marriage annulled, she then married the king of England.
The Renaissance
Mary Queen of Scots (1552-67) - ultimately, reluctantly executed by her cousin Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I (1558-1603) - After the short reigns of her half-siblings, Elizabeth I's 44- year-rule brought welcome stability, relative religious tolerance, no major foreign wars and managed to see off the Spanish Armada. Plots and rebellions against her failed and culturally England flourished.
Early Modern
Nur Jahan (1611-1645) - the twentieth (and last) wife of the Mughal emperor Jahangir, Nur Jahan was a far sharper intellect than her incompetent husband and would whisper advice to him at court. From their court at Lahore, she built up diplomatic and trading relationships across Asia.
Catherine the Great (1762-1796) - Catherine was a minor German princess who married the heir to the Russian throne, Tsar Peter III, who turned out to be mentally unstable. When the Tsar was assassinated after only two years in power, Catherine assumed command of Russia. Helped by her lovers Giorgy Orlov and Giorogy Potemkin, she conquered the Ukraine extending the Russian empire to the shores of the strategically important Black Sea. She gave the nobility greater powers following peasant unrest.
Late Modern
Queen Victoria (1837-1901) - As the British Empire expanded to cover quarter of the globe, she came to rule over more subjects than any other woman in history.
Empress Dowager Cixi (1861-1908) - Cixi effectively controlled the late Qing dynasty in China for 47 years after the death of her husband, the Xianfeng Emperor.
Queen Elizabeth II (1952-Present) - the world's longest reigning queen regnant and female head of state, the oldest and longest-reigning current monarch and the longest-serving current head of state.
Bibliography
Index
The Ancient World
Hatshetsup, Pharaoh of Egypt (c.1493-1479 BCE) - the first and longest reigning woman pharaoh in Egyptian history. After her husband Thurmose's death, Hatshetsup reigned for 20 years. She restored her country's prosperity by rebuilding trade routes. One expedition returned with myrrh trees for making scent - the first recorded transplant of foreign trees. Hatshetsup left an extraordinary legacy of buildings including her mortuary temple at the entrance to Egypt's Valley of the Kings.
Queen Tomyris of the Massagetae, a nomadic people in Central Asia.
Artemisia I of Caria (484-460 BCE) Greek queen in Asia Minor, she helped Persian king Xerxes at the Battle of Salamis in 480 BCE.
Cleopatra (51-30 BCE) - The last the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Cleopatra was diplomat, naval commander, linguist, and medical author.
Boudicca - led a revolt against the Romans in England in 60 CE.
Trung Sisters - a pair of fantastically brave Vietnamese warrior women who fought to oust their Chinese overlords in the first half of the 1st century CE.
Zenobia (267-272 CE) - queen of the Palmyrene Empire in Syria
The Early Medieval World
Theodora (500-548 CE) - Empress of Byzantium, wife of Emperor Justinian. A street performer who caught the emperor's eye, Theodora rose to rule the empire alongside her husband. She extended rights for women, passing laws that allowed them to divorce and own property and made rape a crime punishable by death.
Wu Zetian (690-705 CE) - the sole officially recognized empress regnant of China in more than two millennia. She entered court as a concubine and may have strangled her daughter and poisoned her son to advance her status. Skulduggery aside, the importance to history of Wu Zetian's period of political and military leadership includes the major expansion of the Chinese empire, extending it deep into Central Asia. Within China, besides the more direct consequences of her struggle to gain and maintain supreme power, Wu's leadership resulted in important effects regarding social class in society and in relation to state support for Taoism, Buddhism, education, and literature.
AEthelflaed (911-918) - Daughter of Alfred the Great and married to the ruler of the kingdom of Mercia, the fierce Queen became known as the 'Lady of the Mercians'.
The High Middle Ages
Eleanor of Aquitaine - the richest woman in 12th century Europe. She married first the king of France, introduced courtly literature to the French court and accompanied him on crusade. With the marriage annulled, she then married the king of England.
The Renaissance
Mary Queen of Scots (1552-67) - ultimately, reluctantly executed by her cousin Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I (1558-1603) - After the short reigns of her half-siblings, Elizabeth I's 44- year-rule brought welcome stability, relative religious tolerance, no major foreign wars and managed to see off the Spanish Armada. Plots and rebellions against her failed and culturally England flourished.
Early Modern
Nur Jahan (1611-1645) - the twentieth (and last) wife of the Mughal emperor Jahangir, Nur Jahan was a far sharper intellect than her incompetent husband and would whisper advice to him at court. From their court at Lahore, she built up diplomatic and trading relationships across Asia.
Catherine the Great (1762-1796) - Catherine was a minor German princess who married the heir to the Russian throne, Tsar Peter III, who turned out to be mentally unstable. When the Tsar was assassinated after only two years in power, Catherine assumed command of Russia. Helped by her lovers Giorgy Orlov and Giorogy Potemkin, she conquered the Ukraine extending the Russian empire to the shores of the strategically important Black Sea. She gave the nobility greater powers following peasant unrest.
Late Modern
Queen Victoria (1837-1901) - As the British Empire expanded to cover quarter of the globe, she came to rule over more subjects than any other woman in history.
Empress Dowager Cixi (1861-1908) - Cixi effectively controlled the late Qing dynasty in China for 47 years after the death of her husband, the Xianfeng Emperor.
Queen Elizabeth II (1952-Present) - the world's longest reigning queen regnant and female head of state, the oldest and longest-reigning current monarch and the longest-serving current head of state.
Bibliography
Index
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Introduction
The Ancient World
Hatshetsup, Pharaoh of Egypt (c.1493-1479 BCE) - the first and longest reigning woman pharaoh in Egyptian history. After her husband Thurmose's death, Hatshetsup reigned for 20 years. She restored her country's prosperity by rebuilding trade routes. One expedition returned with myrrh trees for making scent - the first recorded transplant of foreign trees. Hatshetsup left an extraordinary legacy of buildings including her mortuary temple at the entrance to Egypt's Valley of the Kings.
Queen Tomyris of the Massagetae, a nomadic people in Central Asia.
Artemisia I of Caria (484-460 BCE) Greek queen in Asia Minor, she helped Persian king Xerxes at the Battle of Salamis in 480 BCE.
Cleopatra (51-30 BCE) - The last the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Cleopatra was diplomat, naval commander, linguist, and medical author.
Boudicca - led a revolt against the Romans in England in 60 CE.
Trung Sisters - a pair of fantastically brave Vietnamese warrior women who fought to oust their Chinese overlords in the first half of the 1st century CE.
Zenobia (267-272 CE) - queen of the Palmyrene Empire in Syria
The Early Medieval World
Theodora (500-548 CE) - Empress of Byzantium, wife of Emperor Justinian. A street performer who caught the emperor's eye, Theodora rose to rule the empire alongside her husband. She extended rights for women, passing laws that allowed them to divorce and own property and made rape a crime punishable by death.
Wu Zetian (690-705 CE) - the sole officially recognized empress regnant of China in more than two millennia. She entered court as a concubine and may have strangled her daughter and poisoned her son to advance her status. Skulduggery aside, the importance to history of Wu Zetian's period of political and military leadership includes the major expansion of the Chinese empire, extending it deep into Central Asia. Within China, besides the more direct consequences of her struggle to gain and maintain supreme power, Wu's leadership resulted in important effects regarding social class in society and in relation to state support for Taoism, Buddhism, education, and literature.
AEthelflaed (911-918) - Daughter of Alfred the Great and married to the ruler of the kingdom of Mercia, the fierce Queen became known as the 'Lady of the Mercians'.
The High Middle Ages
Eleanor of Aquitaine - the richest woman in 12th century Europe. She married first the king of France, introduced courtly literature to the French court and accompanied him on crusade. With the marriage annulled, she then married the king of England.
The Renaissance
Mary Queen of Scots (1552-67) - ultimately, reluctantly executed by her cousin Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I (1558-1603) - After the short reigns of her half-siblings, Elizabeth I's 44- year-rule brought welcome stability, relative religious tolerance, no major foreign wars and managed to see off the Spanish Armada. Plots and rebellions against her failed and culturally England flourished.
Early Modern
Nur Jahan (1611-1645) - the twentieth (and last) wife of the Mughal emperor Jahangir, Nur Jahan was a far sharper intellect than her incompetent husband and would whisper advice to him at court. From their court at Lahore, she built up diplomatic and trading relationships across Asia.
Catherine the Great (1762-1796) - Catherine was a minor German princess who married the heir to the Russian throne, Tsar Peter III, who turned out to be mentally unstable. When the Tsar was assassinated after only two years in power, Catherine assumed command of Russia. Helped by her lovers Giorgy Orlov and Giorogy Potemkin, she conquered the Ukraine extending the Russian empire to the shores of the strategically important Black Sea. She gave the nobility greater powers following peasant unrest.
Late Modern
Queen Victoria (1837-1901) - As the British Empire expanded to cover quarter of the globe, she came to rule over more subjects than any other woman in history.
Empress Dowager Cixi (1861-1908) - Cixi effectively controlled the late Qing dynasty in China for 47 years after the death of her husband, the Xianfeng Emperor.
Queen Elizabeth II (1952-Present) - the world's longest reigning queen regnant and female head of state, the oldest and longest-reigning current monarch and the longest-serving current head of state.
Bibliography
Index
The Ancient World
Hatshetsup, Pharaoh of Egypt (c.1493-1479 BCE) - the first and longest reigning woman pharaoh in Egyptian history. After her husband Thurmose's death, Hatshetsup reigned for 20 years. She restored her country's prosperity by rebuilding trade routes. One expedition returned with myrrh trees for making scent - the first recorded transplant of foreign trees. Hatshetsup left an extraordinary legacy of buildings including her mortuary temple at the entrance to Egypt's Valley of the Kings.
Queen Tomyris of the Massagetae, a nomadic people in Central Asia.
Artemisia I of Caria (484-460 BCE) Greek queen in Asia Minor, she helped Persian king Xerxes at the Battle of Salamis in 480 BCE.
Cleopatra (51-30 BCE) - The last the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Cleopatra was diplomat, naval commander, linguist, and medical author.
Boudicca - led a revolt against the Romans in England in 60 CE.
Trung Sisters - a pair of fantastically brave Vietnamese warrior women who fought to oust their Chinese overlords in the first half of the 1st century CE.
Zenobia (267-272 CE) - queen of the Palmyrene Empire in Syria
The Early Medieval World
Theodora (500-548 CE) - Empress of Byzantium, wife of Emperor Justinian. A street performer who caught the emperor's eye, Theodora rose to rule the empire alongside her husband. She extended rights for women, passing laws that allowed them to divorce and own property and made rape a crime punishable by death.
Wu Zetian (690-705 CE) - the sole officially recognized empress regnant of China in more than two millennia. She entered court as a concubine and may have strangled her daughter and poisoned her son to advance her status. Skulduggery aside, the importance to history of Wu Zetian's period of political and military leadership includes the major expansion of the Chinese empire, extending it deep into Central Asia. Within China, besides the more direct consequences of her struggle to gain and maintain supreme power, Wu's leadership resulted in important effects regarding social class in society and in relation to state support for Taoism, Buddhism, education, and literature.
AEthelflaed (911-918) - Daughter of Alfred the Great and married to the ruler of the kingdom of Mercia, the fierce Queen became known as the 'Lady of the Mercians'.
The High Middle Ages
Eleanor of Aquitaine - the richest woman in 12th century Europe. She married first the king of France, introduced courtly literature to the French court and accompanied him on crusade. With the marriage annulled, she then married the king of England.
The Renaissance
Mary Queen of Scots (1552-67) - ultimately, reluctantly executed by her cousin Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I (1558-1603) - After the short reigns of her half-siblings, Elizabeth I's 44- year-rule brought welcome stability, relative religious tolerance, no major foreign wars and managed to see off the Spanish Armada. Plots and rebellions against her failed and culturally England flourished.
Early Modern
Nur Jahan (1611-1645) - the twentieth (and last) wife of the Mughal emperor Jahangir, Nur Jahan was a far sharper intellect than her incompetent husband and would whisper advice to him at court. From their court at Lahore, she built up diplomatic and trading relationships across Asia.
Catherine the Great (1762-1796) - Catherine was a minor German princess who married the heir to the Russian throne, Tsar Peter III, who turned out to be mentally unstable. When the Tsar was assassinated after only two years in power, Catherine assumed command of Russia. Helped by her lovers Giorgy Orlov and Giorogy Potemkin, she conquered the Ukraine extending the Russian empire to the shores of the strategically important Black Sea. She gave the nobility greater powers following peasant unrest.
Late Modern
Queen Victoria (1837-1901) - As the British Empire expanded to cover quarter of the globe, she came to rule over more subjects than any other woman in history.
Empress Dowager Cixi (1861-1908) - Cixi effectively controlled the late Qing dynasty in China for 47 years after the death of her husband, the Xianfeng Emperor.
Queen Elizabeth II (1952-Present) - the world's longest reigning queen regnant and female head of state, the oldest and longest-reigning current monarch and the longest-serving current head of state.
Bibliography
Index
