CHAPTER 1: Early Female Sovereigns in Global Perspective
CHAPTER 2: Europe's Female Sovereigns, 1300–1800: An Overview
CHAPTER 3: Difficult Beginnings: Heiresses with Crowned Husbands, 1300–1550
CHAPTER 4: Female Regents Promote Female Rule, 1500–1630
CHAPTER 5: Husbands Finessed: The Era of Elizabeth I, 1550–1700
CHAPTER 6: Husbands Subordinated: The Era of Maria Theresa, 1700–1800
CHAPTER 7 Ruling Without Inheriting: Russian Empresses
CHAPTER 8: Female Rule After 1800: Constitutions and Popular Culture