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Queens consort : England's medieval queens

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"This book explores the lives of the twenty women who were crowned queen consort of England between 1066 and 1503, reconsidering the fictions surrounding well-known characters like Eleanor of Aquitaine and illuminating the lives of forgotten figures such as Adeliza of Louvain. War, adultery, witchcraft, child abuse, murder - and occasionally even love - formed English queenship, but so too did patronage, learning, and fashion. The author considers the evolution of the queenly office alongside intimate portraits of individual women, dispelling the myth that medieval brides were no more than diplomatic pawns. From Eleanor of Castile's eccentric passion for fruit to Anne of Bohemia's contribution to the Protestant Reformation, Queens Consort is a provocative and dramatic narrative which redefines English history in terms of an exceptional group of women whose personal ambitions, triumphs and failures helped to give birth to the modern state"

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Title

Queens consort : England's medieval queens

Call No

B HIL

Edition

Pbk. ed.

Authors

Hilton, Lisa

Subjects

Queens--England--History.
Queens--England--Biography.
Queens--England--Social conditions.
Women--England--History.
Power (Social sciences)--England--History.
Courts and courtiers--Great Britain.
Kings and rulers--Great Britain.
Great Britain--Courts and courtiers.
Great Britain--Kings and rulers.

Language

English

Published

New York : Phoenix, 2009.

Publication Desc

x, 559 p., 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, color portraits ; 20 cm.

ISBN

9780753826119

Dimensions

20 cm.

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Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents Note

pt. 1. England and Normandy -- 1. Matilda of Flanders -- 2. Matilda of Scotland -- 3. Adeliza of Louvain -- 4. Matilda of Boulogne -- pt. 2. An empire to the south -- 5. Eleanor of Aquitaine -- 6. Berengaria of Navarre -- 7. Isabelle of Angoulême -- pt. 3. Plantagenet queens -- 8. Eleanor of Provence -- 9. Eleanor of Castile -- 10. Marguerite of France -- pt. 4. Depositions. Restorations -- 11. Isabella of France -- 12. Philippa of Hainault -- 13. Anne of Bohemia and Isabelle of France -- pt. 5. Lancaster and York -- 14. Joanna of Navarre -- 15. Catherine de Valois -- 16. Marguerite of Anjou -- 17. Elizabeth Woodville -- 18. Anne Neville -- 19. Elizabeth of York.

Summary

"This book explores the lives of the twenty women who were crowned queen consort of England between 1066 and 1503, reconsidering the fictions surrounding well-known characters like Eleanor of Aquitaine and illuminating the lives of forgotten figures such as Adeliza of Louvain. War, adultery, witchcraft, child abuse, murder - and occasionally even love - formed English queenship, but so too did patronage, learning, and fashion. The author considers the evolution of the queenly office alongside intimate portraits of individual women, dispelling the myth that medieval brides were no more than diplomatic pawns. From Eleanor of Castile's eccentric passion for fruit to Anne of Bohemia's contribution to the Protestant Reformation, Queens Consort is a provocative and dramatic narrative which redefines English history in terms of an exceptional group of women whose personal ambitions, triumphs and failures helped to give birth to the modern state"