Table Of ContentA Companion to the Queenship of Isabel la Católica
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A Companion to the Queenship of
Isabel la Católica
Edited by
Hilaire Kallendorf
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Cover illustration: Portrait of Queen Isabel i (1451– 1504) de Castilla. Artist: Luis de Madrazo y Kuntz
(Madrid, 1825– 1897). Location: Alcázar de Segovia.
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Names: Kallendorf, Hilaire, 1974- editor, writer of introduction.
Title: A companion to the queenship of Isabel la Católica / edited by
Hilaire Kallendorf.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023] | Series: Brill’s companions
to the Christian tradition, 1871-6377 ; volume 104 | Includes
bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2022039517 (print) | LCCN 2022039518 (ebook) |
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Subjects: LCSH: Isabella I, Queen of Spain, 1451-1504. | Spain–History–
Ferdinand and Isabella, 1479-1516. | Isabella I, Queen of Spain,
1451-1504–Religion. | Spain–Kings and rulers–Biography. |
Queens–Spain–Biography.
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For my mother, a devout Catholic who instilled her faith in me,
and in whose gracious home I put the finishing touches on this project.
You are every inch a queen
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Contents
A cknowledgements ix
L ist of Figures x
N otes on Contributors xiii
1 I ntroduction: Inventing Isabel 1
Hilaire Kallendorf
2 I sabel, Her Chroniclers, and the Inquisition: Self- Fashioning and
Historical Memory 34
David A. Boruchoff
3 T he Learning of Ladies at the Isabelline Court 72
Elizabeth Teresa Howe
4 I sabel i of Castile and Saintly Propaganda: Interpreting the St Anne
Retable in the Capilla del Condestable 91
Cristina Guardiola- Griffiths
5 A rt Patronized and Collected by Queen Isabel 113
Jessica Weiss
6 L udic Dimensions of Courtly Love at the Court of Isabel la Católica 158
Roger Boase
7 I sabel of Castile and the Opening of the Atlantic 196
William D. Phillips, Jr.
8 H ostile Histories: Isabel and Fernando in Jewish and Muslim
Narratives 213
Michelle M. Hamilton
9 W indows into Souls: Isabel, Religion, and the Spanish Inquisition 232
John Edwards
10 I sabel’s Years of Sorrow: Consoling the Catholic Queen 254
Núria Silleras- Fernández
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11 S taging the Queen: Lope de Vega Reads Isabel la Católica 279
Edward H. Friedman
12 T he Legend of Isabel la Católica, Founder of Spain 299
Caroline Travalia
13 I sabel la Católica for the 21st Century: Popular and Political
Recreations 339
Emily C. Francomano
B ibliography 367
I ndex 413
Acknowledgements
Four of the essays in this book were originally supposed to be presented at the
official Renaissance Society of America panel in Seattle in January of 2021 at
the annual conference of the American Historical Association, which was can-
celled due to the global coronavirus pandemic. Instead, they were presented
that same month at the virtual annual conference of the Modern Language
Association in a roundtable bearing the title “Isabel la Católica: A Reassessment
of Her Life and Legacy.”
This project was supported by the Department of Hispanic Studies and
the Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research at Texas A&M
University. Thanks are due to my indefatigable research assistant Carolyn
Biery for compiling the bibliography and part of the index; to our series editor
Christopher Bellitto; and to the two anonymous peer reviewers for evaluating
the manuscript. A big “thank you” also to the ever- resourceful Ivo Romein for
always finding the perfect cover images for my books; to Dr. Angela Jianu for
copy editing that is nothing short of clairvoyant; and to Arjan van Dijk for din-
ner in Dublin.
