Gabrielle Storey - Memorialising Premodern Monarchs: Medias of Commemoration and Remembrance

This series focuses on works specializing in gender analysis, womens studies, literary interpretation, and cultural, political, constitutional, and diplomatic history. It aims to broaden our understanding of the strategies that queensboth consorts and regnants, as well as female regentspursued in order to wield political power within the structures of male-dominant societies. The works describe queenship in Europe as well as many other parts of the world, including East Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Islamic civilization.

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This volume was sparked by the papers presented at the International Medieval Congress in 2018 as part of the Royal Studies Networks sessions on Memory and Monarchy, and those shared at the Kings and Queens 9 Conference on Royal Sexualities. My thanks go to all those who have shared their research and ideas on this topic, and to Karl Christian Alvestad who helped me put together this collection.

I am indebted to the wonderful contributors of this volume, who have worked tirelessly on their chapters and in increasingly difficult circumstances. It has been a pride and a joy to watch their research develop and to be able to showcase it in this volume. My heartfelt thanks go to you all. I also owe sincere gratitude and appreciation to the several reviewers who have strengthened and commented on the work in this collection.

Further thanks must go to Carole Levin and Charles Beem, series editors of Queenship and Power, who saw the promise in this volume in its early stages and offer invaluable support. I would also like to thank Sam Stocker, Megan Laddusaw, and Christine Pardue who made the editorial and publication process that much smoother.

Lastly, this volume would not have reached fruition without the ongoing support and encouragement from my family, friends, and colleagues. In particular, Ellie Woodacre, Estelle Paranque, and Katia Wright have provided guidance and many motivational conversations during the completion of this work, and are owed my eternal thanks.