The Lady Queen : : the Notorious Reign of Joanna I, Queen of Naples, Jerusalem, and Sicily
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The trial -- The kingdom of Naples -- The court of Robert the Wise -- The kingdom of Hungary -- A royal apprenticeship -- The foolish legacy of Robert the Wise -- Papal politics -- Nest of vipers -- Under siege -- The world at war -- The scales of justice -- The return of the queen -- Foreign and domestic relations -- Queen of Sicily -- The queen and her court -- The quest for an heir -- Queen and pope -- Six funerals and a wedding -- The great schism -- The fall of the queen.
The riveting history of a beautiful queen, a shocking murder, a papal trial--and a reign as triumphant as any in the Middle Ages. As courageous as Eleanor of Aquitaine, as astute and determined as Elizabeth I of England, Joanna, Queen of Naples, was the only female monarch in her time to rule in her own name.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Walker, 2009.
Year Published: 2009
Description: 365 p. : col. ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780802716705
0802716709
SUBJECTS
Joanna -- I, -- Queen of Naples, -- d. 1382.
Queens -- Naples (Kingdom) -- Biography.
Naples (Kingdom) -- History -- Jane I, 1343-1382.