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Book SynopsisThe queenship of the first European Renaissance queen regnant never ceases to fascinate. Was she a saint or a bigoted zealot? A pious wife or the one wearing the pants? Was she ultimately responsible for genocide? A case has been made to canonize her. Does she deserve to be called Saint Isabel? As different groups from fascists to feminists continue to fight over Isabel as cultural capital, we ask which (if any) of these recyclings are legitimate or appropriate. Or has this figure taken on a life of her own? Contributors to this volume: Roger Boase, David A. Boruchoff, John Edwards, Emily Francomano, Edward Friedman, Cristina Guardiola-Griffiths, Michelle Hamilton, Elizabeth Teresa Howe, Hilaire Kallendorf, William D. Phillips, Jr., Nuria Silleras-Fernandez, Caroline Travalia, and Jessica Weiss.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Figures Notes on Contributors 1 Introduction: Inventing Isabel Hilaire Kallendorf 2 Isabel, Her Chroniclers, and the Inquisition: Self-Fashioning and Historical Memory David A. Boruchoff 3 The Learning of Ladies at the Isabelline Court Elizabeth Teresa Howe 4 Isabel I of Castile and Saintly Propaganda: Interpreting the St. Anne Retable in the Capilla del Condestable Cristina Guardiola-Griffiths 5 Art Patronized and Collected by Queen Isabel Jessica Weiss 6 Ludic Dimensions of Courtly Love at the Court of Isabel la Católica Roger Boase 7 Isabel of Castile and the Opening of the Atlantic William D. Phillips, Jr. 8 Hostile Histories: Isabel and Fernando in Jewish and Muslim Narratives Michelle M. Hamilton 9 Windows into Souls: Isabel, Religion, and the Spanish Inquisition John Edwards 10 Isabel’s Years of Sorrow: Consoling the Catholic Queen Nuria Silleras-Fernandez 11 Staging the Queen: Lope de Vega Reads Isabel la Católica Edward H. Friedman 12 The Legend of Isabel la Católica, Founder of Spain Caroline Travalia 13 Isabel la Católica for the 21st Century: Popular and Political Recreations Emily C. Francomano Bibliography Index
