From She-Wolf to Martyr: The Reign and Disputed Reputation of Johanna I of Naples

by Elizabeth Casteen and Maggie Casteen

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 created a reputation that made Johanna the most notorious woman in Europe during her lifetime. In From She-Wolf to Martyr, Elizabeth Casteen examines...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801453860
• ISBN13: 9780801453861
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher