Main entry:

Martin, Therese, author.

Title & Author:

Queen as king : politics and architectural propaganda in twelfth-century Spain / by Therese Martin.

Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006.

Description:

viii, 285 pages, [104] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.

Series:

The medieval and early modern Iberian world, 1569-1934 ; v. 30

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-275) and index.
From patron to harlot : how did Queen Urraca get here from there? -- The establishment of San Isidoro as a Palatine chapel : Fernando I (d. 1065) and Sancha (d. 1067) -- The power of the king's sister : the Infanta Urraca (d. 1101) and Alfonso VI (d. 1109) -- Dynastic propaganda in a queen's patronage at San Isidoro : Urraca of Le©đn-Castilla (reigned 1109-1126) -- The painted cycle of the pantheon, c. 1109 -- The Infanta Sancha (d. 1159), Alfonso VII (d. 1157), and construction of the monastic complex -- Queen as king : Urraca of Le©đn-Castilla (d. 1126), Matilda of England (d. 1167), and Melisende of Jerusalem (d. 1161).

Summary:

This study traces the history of San Isidoro in León from a small eleventh-century palatine chapel housed in a double monastery to a great twelfth-century pilgrimage church. Its most groundbreaking contribution to the history of art is the recovery of the lost patronage of Queen Urraca (reigned 119-1126). -- Amazon.com.

ISBN:

9004152970 (hardback ; alk. paper)
9789004152977 (hardback ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Urraca, Queen of Castile and Leon, 1081-1126 Art patronage.
Urraca, Queen of Castile and Leon, 1081-1126
Basílica de San Isidoro (León, Spain)
Architecture, Romanesque Spain León.
Architecture Political aspects Spain León History 12th century.
Art patronage Spain León History 12th century.
Architecture romane Espagne León.
Architecture Aspect politique Espagne León Histoire 12e siècle.
Mécénat Espagne León Histoire 12e siècle.
Architecture Political aspects
Architecture, Romanesque
Art patronage
San Isidoro (Léon)
Politieke aspecten.
Patronage.
Architecture, Romanesque Spain Leon.
Architecture Political aspects Spain Leon History 12th century.
Art patronage Spain Leon History 12th century.
Spain León
León (stad)

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Medieval and early modern Iberian world ; v. 30.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 249245
Call No.: BIB 178825
Status: Available