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...
| Основен автор: | Laynesmith, J. L. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2005.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=191265 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Last medieval queens. |
| Резюме: |
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. |
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| Описание на библ. документ: |
Originally published: 2004. "Joint winner of the Longman-History Today Book of the Year Prize 2005"--Page 4 of cover. |
| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xviii, 294 pages, 8 pages of plates) : illustrations, genealogical tables |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-286) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781429469326 1429469323 1280846747 9781280846748 |