The last medieval queens :: English queenship 1445-1503 /

The last medieval queens of England were Margaret of Anjou, Elizabeth Woodville, Anne Neville, and Elizabeth of York - four very different women whose lives and queenship were dominated by the Wars of the Roses. This book is not a traditional biography but a thematic study of the ideology and practi...

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1. Verfasser: Laynesmith, J. L.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
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Zusammenfassung:The last medieval queens of England were Margaret of Anjou, Elizabeth Woodville, Anne Neville, and Elizabeth of York - four very different women whose lives and queenship were dominated by the Wars of the Roses. This book is not a traditional biography but a thematic study of the ideology and practice of queenship. It examines the motivations behind the choice of the first English-born queens, the multi-faceted rituals of coronation, childbirth, and funeral, the divided loyalties between family and king, and the significance of a position at the heart of the English power structure that could only be filled by a woman. It sheds new light on the queens' struggles to defend their children's rights to the throne, and argues that ideologically and politically a queen was integral to the proper exercise of mature kingship in this period.
Beschreibung:Originally published: 2004.
"Joint winner of the Longman-History Today Book of the Year Prize 2005"--Page 4 of cover
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xviii, 294 pages, 8 pages of plates) : illustrations, genealogical tables
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-286) and index.
ISBN:9781429469326
1429469323
1280846747
9781280846748

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