TY - BOOK ID - 18412330 TI - The body of the queen : gender and rule in the courtly world, 1500 - 2000. AU - Arenfeldt, Pernille AU - Kohlrausch, Martin AU - Schulte, Regina AU - Von Tippelskirch, Xenia PY - 2006 SN - 184545121X 1845451597 1782386270 PB - New York Berghahn DB - UniCat KW - Body, Human KW - Courts and courtiers KW - Human body KW - Queens KW - Sex role KW - Social aspects. KW - History. KW - History of civilization KW - History of Europe KW - anno 1500-1799 KW - anno 1800-1999 KW - Court and courtiers KW - Courtiers KW - Kings and rulers KW - Manners and customs KW - Favorites, Royal KW - Royalty KW - Rulers KW - Sovereigns KW - Monarchy KW - Women KW - Empresses KW - History KW - Social aspects UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:18412330 AB - How many “bodies” does a queen have? What is the significance of multiple “bodies”? How has the gendered body been constructed and perceived within the context of the European courts during the course of the past five centuries? These are some of the questions addressed in this anthology, a contribution to the ongoing debate provoked by Ernst H. Kantorowicz in his seminal work from 1957, The King’s Two Bodies. On the basis of both textual self-presentations and visual representations a gradual transformation of the queen appears: A sacred/providential figure in medieval and early modern period, an ideal bourgeois wife during the late-18th and 19th Centuries, and a star-like (re-) presentation of royalty during the past century. Twentieth-century mass media has produced the celebrity and film star queens personified by the contested and enigmatic Nefertiti of ancient Egypt, the mysterious Elizabeth (Sisi) of Austria, Grace Kelly as Queen of both Hollywood and Monaco and Romy Schneider as the invented Empress. ER -