Virtuous or Villainess? the Image of the Royal Mother from the Early Medieval to the Early Modern Era

.Introduction Carey Fleiner.-

.Part One: Fashioning the image of the 'good' and 'bad' royal mother.-

.Empress Theodora: A Holy Mother Kriszta Kotsis.-

."Mother of heroes, most beautiful of mothers" Mathilda of Flanders and royal motherhood in the eleventh century Laura L. Gathagan.-

.A mother and her illustrious off-spring: The role of Philippa of Lancaster, queen of Portugal, in her children's education (1387-1415) Manuela Santos Silva.-

."Greatest in her offspring" Motherhood and the Empress Matilda Charles Beem.-

.Maternal Abandonment and Surrogate Caregivers: Isabella of Angoulême and her Children by King John Louise J. Wilkinson.-

.The Perils of Promotion: Maternal Ambition and Sacrifice in the life of Joan of Navarre, Duchess of Brittany and Queen of England Elena Woodacre.-

.Part Two: The legacy and reputation of royal mothers-from their contemporaries to the present day.-

."Margaret R" Lady Margaret Beaufort's self-fashioning and female ambition Sally Fisher.-

Playing the Catalan: The Rise of the Chess-Queen; Queenship and Political Motherhood in Late Medieval Aragon and France Zita Rohr.-

.Outlander, Baby Killer, Poisoner? Rethinking Bona Sforza's Black Legend Katarzyna Kosior.-

.The Empress Matilda and Motherhood in Popular Fiction, 1970's to the Present Katherine Weikert.-

Carey Fleiner is Senior Lecturer in Classical and Medieval History, University of Winchester, UK.
Elena (Ellie) Woodacre is a specialist in medieval and Early Modern queenship and a Lecturer in Early Modern European History at the University of Winchester, UK.