Elizabeth Casteen: 1 book
From She-Wolf to Martyr
The Reign and Disputed Reputation of Johanna I of Naples
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2015
In 1343 a seventeen-year-old girl named Johanna (1326–1382) ascended the Neapolitan throne, becoming the ruling monarch of one of medieval Europe’s most important polities. For nearly forty years, she held her throne and the avid attention of her contemporaries. Their varied responses to her reign...
