Reginal income and expenditure: the household accounts of Maria of Castile and Aragon, Queen of Portugal, in 1501–1508

Olaia, Inês; Rodrigues, Ana Maria S. A.

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Olaia, Inês

Rodrigues, Ana Maria S. A.

Resumo(s)

This paper explores the only known surviving detailed economic register of a queen of Portugal’s expenses up to the early sixteenth century. Covering the early years of Maria of Castile and Aragon’s queenship (1501– 1508), the document gives extraordinary insight into the queen’s household and the management of her ﬁnances. The study conducted over the book allows us to become acquainted with some of Queen Maria’s ladies, oﬃcials, and servants, detect expenditure patterns, and get a glimpse of daily life at court, along with how the queen constructs her image, exercises her patronage and consolidates her authority. It is also possible to better understand how connected Portugal and Castile were, both economically and culturally, even before the Dual Monarchy.

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Queenship Account books Income Expenditure

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/97901

Citação

Olaia, Inês, and Ana Maria S. A. Rodrigues. 2024. “Reginal Income and Expenditure: The Household Accounts of Maria of Castile and Aragon, Queen of Portugal, in 1501–1508.” Journal of Medieval History 50 (5): 637–68. doi:10.1080/03044181.2024.2416108.