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A comparative study of Urraca of León-Castilla (d. 1126), Melisende of Jerusalem (d. 1161), and Empress Matilda of England (d. 1167) as royal heiresses
… 1167). Despite the vast research on aristocratic heiresses and queens consorts, a comparative study of royal heiresses as rulers in their own right does not exist. The few studies that focus on royal heiresses examine individual royal women or are region-specific studies. However, by studying …
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“Henrietta and Harriet:” Considering the Marginalized Best Friend in Burney’s <em>Cecilia</em> and Austen’s <em>Emma</em>
… This paper argues that there are notable threads—heiresses with absent or inadequate father figures, charity-case best friends, and rushed endings—connecting <em>Emma</em> and <em>Cecilia</em>. Tracing these threads allows us to examine the possible influence of Burney’s writing on Austen and also …
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Maids, Wives and Widows: Female Architectural Patronage in Eighteenth-Century Britain
This thesis explores the extent to which elite women of the eighteenth century commissioned architectural works and the extent to which the type and scale of their projects was dictated by their marital status. Traditionally, architectural historians have advocated that eighteenth-century …