Queens and Queenship in Premodern Hungary: Research Problems and State of the Art in 2023

Keywords: Dynastic Marriages, Image, Dowry, Coronation, Matrimoni Dinastici, Potenza Reginale, Immagine, Dote, Incoronazione, Queenly Power

Abstract

The essay gives a bibliographical overview of the research made on the history of Hungarian queens in the last two decades. First, it touches upon the most important dynastic relations of the different ruling houses of the Kingdom of Hungary between 1000-1600 AD. Second, it offers a checklist of the most researched aspects of queenship, focusing on the last four queens of medieval Hungary: Beatrix of Aragon, Anne Candale-Foix, Mary of Habsburg and Isabella Jagiellon. It also calls attention to themes that would be worth examining in international cooperation, e.g. the relations between Saluzzo, Poland and the Principality of Transylvania.

 Il saggio contiene un resoconto bibliografico sulla ricerca della storia delle regine ungheresi, fatta negli ultimi vent’anni. Per primo, vanno esaminate le più importanti relazioni dinastiche delle diverse casate reali d’Ungheria tra il secolo undicesimo e quello sedicesimo. Poi, va segnalato una lista dei temi più esaminati riguardanti lo stato reginale, mettendo in evidenza le ultime quattro regine dell’Ungheria medioevale: Beatrice d’Aragona, Anne Candale-Foix, Maria d’Asburgo e Isabella Jagellone. Finalmente, sono menzionati alcuni temi che secondo l’opinione di chi scrive, dovrebbero essere soggetti di cooperazione internazionale, come, ad esempio, le relazioni tra tre stati: il marchesato di Saluzzo, la Polonia, e il Principato della Transilvania.

Author Biography

Ágnes Máté, Library of the HungarianAcademy of Sciences

Ágnes Máté, PhD, is a literary historian who works as a librarian specialized in old prints at the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and as a second-time awardee of the Bolyai János Postdoctoral Research Scholarship. She is interested in the broadly understood Italo-Hungarian-Polish relations in the premodern era, from textual transmission of novelle to cultural transfer inspired by foreign queens. Her contributions and books were printed by Amsterdam University Press, Routledge, Viella and L’Harmattan.

 

Published
2025-04-17
Section
RiMe 15 n.s. (December 2024) Special Issue