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Rohr, Zita Eva, Benz, Lisa (Eds.) Queenship and the Women of Westeros Female Agency and Advice in and

Features essays on female characters in A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones such as , , , , and , focusing on how they wielded power in their male-dominated world Explores the intersection of academic scholarship on queenship and elite women and popular understandings of the premodern period Highlights the strategies that premodern women used to exert power and Palgrave Macmillan influence 1st ed. 2020, LXXIV, 263 p. Is the world of George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire and HBO’s Game of Thrones really 1st edition medieval? How accurately does it reflect the real Middle Ages? Historians have been addressing these questions since the book and television series exploded into a cultural phenomenon. For scholars of medieval and early modern women, they offer a unique vantage point from which to study the intersections of elite women and popular understandings of the premodern world. Printed book This volume is a wide-ranging study of those intersections. Focusing on female agency and the Hardcover role of advice, it finds a wealth of continuities and contrasts between the many powerful Printed book female characters of Martin’s fantasy world and the strategies that historical women used to Hardcover exert influence. Reading characters such as Daenerys Targaryen, Cersei Lannister, and Brienne ISBN 978-3-030-25040-9 of Tarth with a creative, deeply scholarly eye, Queenship and the Women of Westeros makes £ 64,99 | CHF 88,50 | 74,99 € | cutting-edge developments in queenship studies accessible to everyday readers and fans. 82,49 € (A) | 80,24 € (D) Available Order online at springer.com/booksellers Springer Nature Customer Service Center GmbH Discount group Customer Service Palgrave Monograph (P6) Tiergartenstrasse 15-17 Product category 69121 Heidelberg Monograph Germany Series T: +49 (0)6221 345-4301 [email protected] Queenship and Power Other renditions Softcover ISBN 978-3-030-25043-0

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