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This biography of Queen María de Molina explores her life and demonstrates the collective exercise of her power and authority as a monarchical queen. The author details her resilient determination as queen and later as regent, her partnership with King Sancho IV, and her struggle to provide peace and stability in the Kingdom of Castile-León.
Queens --- María, --- Castile (Spain) --- History
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In the first book-length examination of film and television representations of this enduring institution, distinguished scholars of media and political history analyse the screen representations of royalty from Henry VIII to ‘William and Kate’. Seventeen essays by international commentators including Ian Christie, Elisabeth Bronfen, Andrew Higson and Glynn Davies examine the portrayal of royalty in the ‘actuality’ picture, the early extended feature, amateur cinema, the movie melodrama, the Commonwealth documentary, New Queer Cinema, TV current affairs, the big screen ceremonial and the post-historical boxed set. Among their concerns are the commercial value of royal representations, the convergence of the monarch and the movie star, and the British monarchy’s historical use of the moving image to further its legitimacy. This book is a long-overdue contribution to film and television studies, and will be essential reading for scholars and students of British media and political history.
Queens in motion pictures. --- Kings and rulers in motion pictures. --- Royal Houses --- History.
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"This prize-winning historical novel, set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, centers on the search by conflicting parties for a mottled-skinned boy rumored to be the son of Marie-Antoinette and a man of color. Of mixed-race parentage himself, Daniel Picouly offers a prescient re-creation of postcolonial France in light of its immigrant population"--
Illegitimate children of royalty --- Racially mixed children --- Queens --- Marie Antoinette --- France --- History
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Macbeth, King of Scotland, active 11th century. --- Kings and rulers. --- Czars (Kings and rulers) --- Kings and rulers, Primitive --- Monarchs --- Royalty --- Rulers --- Sovereigns --- Tsars --- Tzars --- Heads of state --- Queens
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From Paris to Rio, everyone's curious about hot, new Brooklyn. The Brooklyn Experience, Ellen Freudenheim's fourth comprehensive Brooklyn guidebook, offers a true insider's guide, complete with photographs, itineraries, and insights into one of the most creative, dynamic cities in the modern world. Walk over the Brooklyn Bridge at dawn or sunset, discover thirty-eight unique Brooklyn neighborhoods, and experience the borough like a native. Find out where to go to the beach and to eat great pizza, what to do with the kids, how to enjoy free and cheap activities, and where to savor Brooklyn's famous cuisines. Visit cool independent shops, greenmarkets, festivals, and delve into the vibrant new cultural scene at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Barclays Center, and the lively exploding neighborhoods of DUMBO, Williamsburg, and Bushwick. Included in the book are essays and the pithy, sometimes funny comments of sixty cultural, literary, and culinary movers and shakers, culled from exclusive interviews with experts from the James Beard Foundation to the cofounder of the famous Brooklyn Book Festival, as well as MacArthur "genius" award winners, to young entrepreneurs, hipsters, and activists, all of whom have something to say about Brooklyn's stunning renaissance. Neighborhood profiles are rich in user-friendly information and details, including movies, celebrities, and novels associated with each neighborhood. There are also 800 listings of great restaurants, bars, shops, parks, cultural institutions, and historical sites, complete with contact information. Targeting the independent, curious traveler, The Brooklyn Experience includes a dozen "do-it-yourself" tours, including a visit to Woody Allen's childhood neighborhood, and amazing Revolutionary and Civil War sites. Freudenheim draws clear-and sometimes surprising-connections between old and new Brooklyn. Written by an author with an astounding knowledge of all Brooklyn has to offer, The Brooklyn Experience will guide both first-time and repeat visitors, and will be a fun resource for Brooklynites who enjoy exploring their own hometown.
barclays center. --- bronx. --- brooklyn bridge. --- brooklyn. --- bushwick. --- dining. --- dumbo. --- manhattan. --- movies. --- museums. --- new york city. --- new york. --- ny. --- nyc. --- parks. --- queens. --- restaurants. --- shops. --- staten island. --- the city. --- williamsburg. --- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) --- New York (N.Y.)
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Queens --- Marriages of royalty and nobility --- Power (Social sciences) --- Empowerment (Social sciences) --- Political power --- Exchange theory (Sociology) --- Political science --- Social sciences --- Sociology --- Consensus (Social sciences) --- Morganatic marriages --- Royal marriages --- Kings and rulers --- Nobility --- Royalty --- Rulers --- Sovereigns --- Monarchy --- Women --- Courts and courtiers --- Empresses --- History. --- Spain
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Queens --- Royalty --- Rulers --- Sovereigns --- Monarchy --- Women --- Courts and courtiers --- Empresses --- Kings and rulers --- History. --- Egypte --- Oudheid --- Kunst --- Koninginnen --- Geschiedenis --- Hiërogliefen --- Teksten --- Koningin --- Hiëroglief --- Tekst --- Afrika --- Azië --- Nederland --- China --- Geneeskunde --- Techniek (wetenschap) --- Romeinse Rijk --- Hellenisme --- Griekenland --- Hellas --- Atlas --- Museum --- Filosofie --- Autisme --- Cultuur --- Kind --- Samenleving --- Technologie --- Wetenschap --- Historische kritiek --- Vietnam --- Zuid-Afrika --- Kust --- Film --- Literatuur --- Muziek --- Schilderkunst --- Tekenkunst --- Maatschappij --- Vlaanderen --- Vlaams --- Emigratie --- Vrouw --- Voorlichting
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Ruling Women is a two-volume study devoted to an analysis of the conflicting discourses concerning government by women in seventeenth-century France. In this second volume, Configuring the Female Prince in Seventeenth-Century French Drama, Conroy analyzes over 30 plays published between 1637 and 1691, examining the range of constructions of queenship that are thrown into relief. The analysis focuses on the ways in which certain texts strive to manage the cultural anxiety produced by female rule and facilitate the diminution of the uneasy cultural reality it represents, while others dramatize the exercise of political virtue by women, explode the myth of gender-differentiated sexual ethics, and suggest alternative constructions of gender relations to those upheld by the normative discourses of sexual difference. The approach is underpinned by an understanding of theatre as fundamentally political, a cultural institution implicated in the maintenance of, and challenge to, societal power relations. Innovative and stimulating, Conroy’s work will appeal to scholars of seventeenth-century drama and history of ideas, in addition to those interested in the history of women in political thought and the history of feminism. .
Science (General). --- History - General --- History & Archaeology --- French drama --- French drama (Tragedy) --- Queens in literature. --- History and criticism. --- World politics. --- History, Modern. --- France-History. --- Social history. --- Europe-History-1492-. --- Political History. --- Modern History. --- History of France. --- Social History. --- History of Early Modern Europe. --- Descriptive sociology --- Social conditions --- Social history --- History --- Sociology --- Modern history --- World history, Modern --- World history --- Colonialism --- Global politics --- International politics --- Political history --- Political science --- Eastern question --- Geopolitics --- International organization --- International relations --- France—History. --- Europe—History—1492-. --- France --- Europe --- Gay culture Europe --- History. --- 1492-.
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In den Wirren der Revolution von 1848 hat der wankende preußische König Friedrich Wilhelm IV. Halt an einem Menschen gefunden, der ihn über sieben Jahre in allen innen- und außenpolitischen Fragen beriet und lenkte: Carl Wilhelm Saegert, Leiter der Taubstummenanstalt in Berlin und seit 1853 Inspektor des preußischen Taubstummenwesens. Als sich die Verhältnisse in Berlin nach der Revolution konsolidierten, war es für Saegert unmöglich, wegen seiner fehlenden Ausbildung und seiner bürgerlichen Herkunft in der Führungshierarchie anerkannt zu werden. Der König verließ sich aber weiterhin nahezu blindlings auf ihn, und Saegert musste die undankbare Rolle des geheimen Beraters spielen, der nur durch die Bediententür Zugang zum König fand. Die Edition bringt eine Auswahl der politisch relevanten Teile der Korrespondenz für die Jahre 1848 bis 1856. Die Korrespondenz wird ergänzt durch das ungekürzte Tagebuch Saegerts für die Revolutionsmonate März bis November 1848.
Revolution 1848 --- Politische Geschichte --- Preußische Geschichte --- Grundfragen und Quellen --- König Friedrich Wilhelm IV. --- Biografien --- Nobility --- Confessors --- Confessors. --- Kings and rulers. --- Nobility. --- Frederick William --- Saegert, C. W. --- Revolution (Prussia, Germany : 1848-1849) --- 1840-1861 --- Prussia (Germany) --- Germany --- Kings and rulers --- History --- Noble class --- Noble families --- Nobles (Social class) --- Peerage --- Upper class --- Aristocracy (Social class) --- Titles of honor and nobility --- Czars (Kings and rulers) --- Kings and rulers, Primitive --- Monarchs --- Royalty --- Rulers --- Sovereigns --- Tsars --- Tzars --- Heads of state --- Queens --- Clergy --- Friedrich Wilhelm --- Saegert, Carl W., --- Saegert, Carl, --- Frederick William IV, Reign of (Prussia) --- Prussia (Kingdom) --- Prussia --- Preussen (Germany) --- Prusse (Germany) --- Prusy (Germany) --- Prusyah (Germany)
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