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Nov 3, 2001 · The Life and Afterlife of Isabeau of Bavaria, Rethinking Theory. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010. Pp. 338. $55. ISBN: 978-0-8018-9625-5. Tracy Adams begins her book in the first person: "I first encountered Queen of France Isabeau of Bavaria (1371-1435) in Christine de Pizan scholarship.
Charles appointed Isabeau co-guardian of their children in 1393, a position shared with the royal dukes and her brother, Louis of Bavaria, while he gave Orléans full power of the regency. In appointing Isabeau, Charles acted under laws enacted by his father, Charles V, which gave the Queen full power to protect and educate the heir to the throne.
Isabeau of Bavaria (also Isabella of Bavaria-Ingolstadt; c. 1370 – 24 September 1435) was Queen consort of France (1385-1422) as spouse of King Charles VI of France, a member of the Valois Dynasty. She assumed a prominent role in public affairs during the disastrous later years of her husband's reign. Isabeau of Bavaria was the daughter of Stephen III of Bavaria-Ingolstadt and Taddea ...
Isabeau is a leggenda drammatica or opera in three parts by Pietro Mascagni, 1911, from an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica. Mascagni conducted its first performance on 2 June 1911 at the Teatro Coliseo , Buenos Aires.
Isabeau of Bavaria was Queen of France from 1385 to 1422. She was born into the House of Wittelsbach as the only daughter of Duke Stephen III of Bavaria-Ingolstadt and Taddea Visconti of Milan. At age 15 or 16, Isabeau was sent to France to marry the young King Charles VI; the couple wed three days after their first meeting.
The fascinating history of Isabeau of Bavaria is a tale of two queens. During her lifetime, Isabeau, the long-suffering wife of mad King Charles VI of France, was respected and revered. After her death, she was reviled as an incompetent regent, depraved adulteress, and betrayer of the throne.
Feb 1, 2009 · What motivated Christine de Pizan's Book of the City of Ladies? This essay argues that the poet's defenses of women were intended to train readers how to envisage the role of Queen Isabeau of Bavaria, who presided over the royal council when her husband, King Charles VI, suffered bouts of madness. Christine's examples of women who ruled in the name of their husbands, sons, and fathers and her ...
