Premodern Rulers and Postmodern Viewers Gender, Sex, and Power in Popular Culture /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: North, Janice (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Alvestad, Karl C. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Woodacre, Elena (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Queenship and Power
• Subjects: Europe-History-1492-.; Europe-History-476-1492.; Gender identity.; Civilization-History.; Motion pictures-History.; History of Early Modern Europe.; History of Medieval Europe.; Gender and Sexuality.; Cultural History.; Film History.

Pop culture portrayals of medieval and early modern monarchs are rife with tension between authenticity and modern mores, producing anachronisms such as a feminist Queen Isabel (in RTVE's Isabel) and a lesbian Queen Christina (in The Girl King). This book examines these anachronisms as a dialog...