Document Type
Article
Peer Reviewed
1
DOI
10.17077/1536-8742.2039
Abstract
This paper considers the factors which enabled women to access power via developing mechanisms for royal succession in medieval Europe and how this access was mediated through partnership with co-rulers, including consorts, sons and other co-opted family members and councilors. Finally the paper considers the relationship between the female rulers of the Middle Ages and the famous "Monstrous Regiment" in Early Modern Europe.
Rights Information
Copyright © 2016 Elena Woodacre
Recommended Citation
Woodacre, Elena "Contemplating Royal Women's Access to Power and the Transition Between the Middle Ages and the "Monstrous Regiment" of the Early Modern Era." Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality 51, No. 2 (2016) : 61-68.
