The Queen's Hand: Power and Authority in the Reign of Berenguela of Castile by Janna Bianchini

The Queen's Hand: Power and Authority in the Reign of Berenguela of Castile

Janna Bianchini

350 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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Her name is undoubtedly less familiar than that of her grandmother, Eleanor of Aquitaine, or that of her famous conqueror son, Fernando III, yet during her lifetime, Berenguela of Castile (1180-1246) was one of the most powerful women in Europe. A...

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