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The Husband-Killing She-Wolf: The Life of Joanna of Naples

7/20/2013

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Joanna I of Naples led a fascinating life marked by both triumph and tragedy.  Orphaned as a child, married four times, and rumored to have had her first husband killed outside her own bedchamber, she was a controversial figure even in her own day.  Join us as we examine the ups and downs of one of the most powerful (yet oft-forgotten) women of the fourteenth century.  

Podcaster: Nathan


Further Reading
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Nancy Goldstone.  The Lady Queen: The Notorious Reign of Joanna I, Queen of Naples, Jerusalem, and Sicily.  Walker Books, 2009.  

Nancy Goldstone.  Four Queens: The Provençal Sisters Who Ruled Europe.  Penguin, 2007.  

Elizabeth Casteen.  "Sex and Politics in Naples: The Regnant Queenship of Johanna I of Naples, 1343 – 1382." Journal of the Historical Society 11 (June 2011): 183–210.

Welbore St. Clair Baddeley.  Queen Joanna I of Naples, Sicily, and Jerusalem, Countess of Provence, Forcalquier, and Piedmont: An Essay on Her Times.  London: William Heinemann, 1893.  *Note: Like all good 19th-century antiquarians, St. Clair Baddeley was in possession of two things: a fabulous name and very firm opinions.  His biography makes for delightful reading but isn't terribly objective or academically rigorous.*  
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emmy
5/26/2016 02:25:37 pm

Loved it! I had no idea she even existed. They really do need to make a tv show out of her life.

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