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Queen as King traces the origins of San Isidoro in León as a royal monastic complex, following its progress as the site changed from a small eleventh-century palatine chapel housed in a double monastery to a great twelfth-century pilgrimage church served by Augustinian canons. Its most groundbreaking contribution to the history of art is the recovery of the lost patronage of Queen Urraca (reigned 1109-1126). Urraca maintained yet subverted her family's tradition of patronage on the site: to understand her history is to hold the key to the art and architecture of San Isidoro. This new approach to San Isidoro and its patronage allows a major Romanesque monument to be understood more fully than before.

Architecture, Romanesque --- Architecture --- Art patronage --- Architecture romane --- Mécénat --- Political aspects --- History --- Aspect politique --- Histoire --- Urraca, --- Art patronage. --- Basílica de San Isidoro (León, Spain) --- Mécénat --- Basílica de San Isidoro (León, Spain) --- Romanesque architecture --- Architecture, Medieval --- Uraca, --- Ūrrākah, --- Real Basílica de San Isidoro (León, Spain) --- León, Spain (City). --- Real Colegiata de San Isidoro (León, Spain).