Book Report: Legitimizing the Queen: Propaganda and Ideology in the Reign of Isabel I of Castile



Legitimizing the Queen: Propaganda and Ideology in the Reign of Isabel I of Castile

Introduction

This book deals with the women history in social and political instability during the middle ages. It is about the fifteenth century, when the humanity had emerged from the gloom of the Middle Ages. The written and dedicated work for Isabel I of Castile portrays her empire as a stuck boat, a wayward kingdom, and a land of ruined people. It proposes the empire's need for improvement through the robust governance of the Catholic monarchs. This book presents the sovereignty concept from the theoretical point of view. It approaches the literary textual information about the Isabel's power.

It also represents the propaganda of Isabel's false claims of authority. It also shows the feminine sovereignty. It is the analysis of 15th century work with respect to the modern framework, hence presenting Isabel's as the real queen having sovereignty in political and social fields.

Discussion

This book describes the era of middle ages with respect to the feminine sovereignty. Isabel's governance history and her approaches are described in it.

Isabel of Castile I

She was the second link of the middle ages power, a feminine that had accepted the world of intellect and recognized its existence as a predicted fact. She used to pay heed to the concerns and problems of her people with sympathy and intelligence. She was always ready to pledge her jewels and even the crown for helping her people financially. She was the daughter of John II of Castile, born in 1451. She lost her father at the age of four, and the whole empire was then ruled by her brother Henry. Then retiring from there, she went to the castle of Arevallo with her mother and younger brother Alphanso. Living there, she was taught to live with justice.

At the time, the new king Henry was not leading his empire honestly. He was not capable of ruling his father's empire, and had fallen into dissolutions and proudness. The country was about to get ruined which resulted in a civil war. Henry was unable to carry that war, so he suggested the idea of marrying her sister with the opponent's brother. Isabel was not at all ready, and she prayed to God for saving her. However, the bridegroom met to death, and Isabel was saved from this cruelty. Then she was offered of leading the empire, but she refused and became the sole heir of the Castilian rule. At this time, she was obliged not to marry without his brother's permission. She had decided to marry Ferdinand who was the prince of Aragon. This match would resolve the country's issues by the interlinking of the two states. Her brother did not permit her, and hence she secretly married to Ferdinand in 1469 but not disclosing it to Henry. However, Henry died in 1474, and then she claimed herself as the Queen of ...