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From She-Wolf to Martyr: The Reign and Disputed Reputation of Johanna I of Naples
In 1343 a seventeen-year-old girl named Johanna (13261382) ascended the Neapolitan throne, becoming the ruling monarch of one of medieval Europes most important polities. For nearly forty years, she held her throne and the avid attention of her contemporaries. Their varied responses to her reign created a reputation that made Johanna the most notorious woman in Europe during her lifetime. In From She-Wolf to Martyr, Elizabeth Casteen examines Johannas evolving, problematic reputation and uses it as a lens through which to analyze often-contradictory late-medieval conceptions of rulership, authority, and femininity. Read more