Barbara Weissberger. Isabel Rules: ...

Barbara Weissberger. Isabel Rules: Constructing Queenship, Wielding Power. Minneapolis: U of Minnesota P 2003 484 pp ISBN 0-8166-4165-X $2495

With her groundbreaking work Isabel Rules: Constructing Queenship, Wielding Power, Barbara Weissberger has made a significant contribution to our understanding of Spain's in the greatest degree famous queen, Isabel of Castile (r 1474-1504) and to the field of late medieval inflection for sex studies. Isabel is noteworthy among late medieval and early recent queens because Castilian law allowed her to inherit the place on a royal seat and rule in her have right. Her marriage ...