Missing Queens: Gender, Dynasty and Power in Vandal Africa.
This paper reconsiders a curious aspect of the Vandal kingdom of North Africa (439–533 ce): the total absence of women called Vandals in extant sources. It argues that these missing Vandal women are the women of the Hasding royal dynasty. The non‐application of the ethnic terminology to the consorts...
| Published in: | Gender & History Vol. 34; no. 1; pp. 3 - 22 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Mar2022
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