Queens consort : England's medieval queens / Lisa Hilton.
2010
DA28.2 .H55 2010 (Mapit)
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Title
Queens consort : England's medieval queens / Lisa Hilton.
Author
Hilton, Lisa, 1974-
Variant Title
Title on cover: Queens consort : England's medieval queens : from Eleanor of Aquitaine to Elizabeth of York
Edition
1st Pegasus Books cloth ed.
ISBN
9781605981055 paperback
1605981052 paperback
1605981052 paperback
Imprint
New York : Pegasus Books : Distributed by W.W. Norton, 2010.
Language
English
Description
x, 482 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), maps, geneal. tables ; 23 cm
Call Number
DA28.2 .H55 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification
942.02
Summary
From Matilda of Flanders, William the Conqueror's queen, to Elizabeth of York, the first Tudor consort, England's queens fashioned the nature of monarchy and influenced the direction of the state. Occupying a unique position in the mercurial, often violent world of medieval politics, these queens had to negotiate a role that combined tremendous influence with terrifying vulnerability. Lisa Hilton's illuminating new book explores the lives of the twenty women who were crowned queen between 1066 and 1503. War, adultery, witchcraft, child abuse, murder- and occasionally even love- formed English queenship, but so too did patronage, learning, and fashion. Lovers of history will enjoy a dramatic narrative that presents an exceptional group of women whose personal ambitions, triumphs, and failures helped to give birth to the modern state.
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Second subtitle from cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 427-443) and index.
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Table of Contents
England and Normandy. Matilda of Flanders; Matilda of Scotland; Adeliza of Louvain; Matilda of Boulogne
An empire to the south. Eleanor of Aquitaine; Berengaria of Navarre; Isabella of Angoulême;
Plantagenet queens. Eleanor of Provence; Eleanor of Castile; Marguerite of France
Depositions. Restorations. Isabella of France; Philippa of Hainault; Anne of Bohemia and Isabelle of France
Lancaster and York. Joanna of Navarre; Catherine de Valois; Marguerite of Anjou; Elizabeth Woodville; Anne Neville; Elizabeth of York
Conclusion.
An empire to the south. Eleanor of Aquitaine; Berengaria of Navarre; Isabella of Angoulême;
Plantagenet queens. Eleanor of Provence; Eleanor of Castile; Marguerite of France
Depositions. Restorations. Isabella of France; Philippa of Hainault; Anne of Bohemia and Isabelle of France
Lancaster and York. Joanna of Navarre; Catherine de Valois; Marguerite of Anjou; Elizabeth Woodville; Anne Neville; Elizabeth of York
Conclusion.