Woodacre Elena. The Queens Regnant of Navarre: Succession, Politics, and Partnership, 1274-1512

Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. — 286 p.The five queens of medieval Navarre were the largest group of female sovereigns in one European realm during the Middle Ages, but they are largely unknown beyond a regional audience. This survey fills this scholarly lacuna, focusing particularly on issues of female succession, agency, and power-sharing dynamic between the queens and their male consorts.Elena Woodacre is Lecturer in Early Modern European History at the University of Winchester, UK.