Queen Bona Sforza of Poland. Sources and the Practice of Rulership in East Central Europe

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Hardback, Pages: 314, Size:156 x 234 mm, Illustrations:2 b/w, 54 col., 4 maps b/w, 1 Chart, Language: English. ISBN 9782503601236. Summary Bona Sforza (1494-1557) was a key figure in the political, diplomatic, and economic life of early modern Europe. The niece of Lucrezia Borgia, she was an economic innovator and reformer and patron of architecture and the arts. Bona was the legitimate heir to the Sforza throne of Milan, Queen Consort of Poland, Duchess of Bari, and Princess of Rossano, and claimant to the crown of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, the latter Italian possessions inherited from her mother in 1524. This volume brings together studies of diverse aspects of the Queen's activity. The authors examine Bona's immediate economic, political, and cultural impact, the resentment expressed by Poland's oligarchs, and a heavily gendered yet appreciative popular response. This collection of studies will contribute to the consideration of women's dynamic and relational concept of agency from a historical perspective by exploring the circumstances under which women rise above their restrictive situations and illuminate the factors (age, political or economic climate) that determined their ability to manage their own lives. TABLE OF CONTENTS New Studies and Sources on the Practice of Rulership of Queen Bona Sforza Chapter 1. Bona Sforza: Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania DARIUS VON GÜTTNER-SPORZY?SKI Chapter 2. Bona Sforza and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania RAIMONDA RAGAUSKIEN? Chapter 3. Bona Sforza and the Legal Culture of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania RASA LEONAVI?I?T?-GECEVI?IEN? Chapter 4. Queen Bona Sforza and Her Three Daughters-in-Law AGNIESZKA JANUSZEK-SIERADZKA Chapter 5. Witchcraft and Power at the Court of Queen Bona EWA LETKIEWICZ Chapter 6. Queen Bona's Records in the Chancellery of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania KRZYSZTOF PIETKIEWICZ Chapter 7. Contested Will and Testament of Bona Sforza: The Documentary Evidence of the Mediation by Ferdinand I JÚLIA BENAVENT Chapter 8. The Portrait Medals of Sigismund I: Their Makers and Impact MATEUSZ GRZ?DA Chapter 9. The Prayer Book of Queen Bona in the Bodleian Library RAFA? WÓJCIK Chapter 10. Queen Bona Sforza's Prayer Book in the Collection of the Royal Castle in Warsaw KATARZYNA KRZAK-WEISS Index 0 g.…

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Title
Queen Bona Sforza of Poland. Sources and the Practice of Rulership in East Central Europe
Author
Darius von Güttner-Sporzynski, Agnieszka Januszek-Sieradzka (eds)
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, Brepols, 2026
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