Author: Kathryn Warner
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445662809
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 452
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Philippa of Hainault: Mother of the English Nation. The first biography of a remarkable and influential English queen.
Author: Kathryn Warner
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781398110892
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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New paperback edition - Philippa of Hainault: Mother of the English Nation. The first biography of a remarkable and influential English queen.
Author: Kathryn Warner
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781445662817
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Philippa of Hainault: Mother of the English Nation. The first biography of a remarkable and influential English queen.
Author: Blanche C. Hardy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 392
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Author: Gemma Hollman
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750993502
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 345
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'An important and timely book.' - Philippa Gregory Joan of Navarre was the richest woman in the land, at a time when war-torn England was penniless. Eleanor Cobham was the wife of a weak king's uncle – and her husband was about to fall from grace. Jacquetta Woodville was a personal enemy of Warwick the Kingmaker, who was about to take his revenge. Elizabeth Woodville was the widowed mother of a child king, fighting Richard III for her children's lives. In Royal Witches, Gemma Hollman explores the lives of these four unique women, looking at how rumours of witchcraft brought them to their knees in a time when superstition and suspicion was rife.
Author: Louise Tingle
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030632199
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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This book investigates the agency and influence of medieval queens in late fourteenth-century England, focusing on the patronage and intercessory activities of the queens Philippa of Hainault and Anne of Bohemia, as well as the princess Joan of Kent. It examines the ways in which royal women were able to participate in traditional queenly customs such as intercession, and whether it was motherhood that gave power to a queen. This study focuses particularly on types of patronage, and also considers the importance of coronation, especially for Joan of Kent, who was neither a queen consort nor a dowager, yet still fulfilled some queenly duties. Crucially, the author highlights the transactional nature of the queen’s role at court, as she accumulated wealth from land, rights and traditions, which in turn funded patronage activities.
Author: Mary Botham Howitt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Queens
Languages : en
Pages : 634
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Author: Isabella Strachan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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Known in 'The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles' simply as 'the Lady', Emma was a wife, mother and widow as well as a queen. Standing at the meeting point of the three cultures of the early Middle Ages - Saxon, Viking and Norman - Emma and her queenship provide a captivating picture of a still-misperceived age.
Author: Anne O'Brien
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101586672
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 565
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A child born in the plague year of 1348, abandoned and raised within the oppressive walls of a convent, Alice Perrers refused to take the veil, convinced that a greater destiny awaited her. Ambitious and quick witted, she rose above her obscure beginnings to become the infamous mistress of Edward III. But always, essentially, she was alone... Early in Alice’s life, a chance meeting with royalty changes everything: Kindly Queen Philippa, deeply in love with her husband but gravely ill, chooses Alice as a lady-in-waiting. Under the queen’s watchful eye, Alice dares to speak her mind. She demands to be taken seriously. She even flirts with the dynamic, much older king. But she is torn when her vibrant spirit captures his interest...and leads her to a betrayal she never intended. In Edward’s private chambers, Alice discovers the pleasures and paradoxes of her position. She is the queen’s confidante and the king’s lover, yet she can rely only on herself. It is a divided role she was destined to play, and she vows to play it until the bitter end. Even as she is swept up in Edward’s lavish and magnificent court, amassing wealth and influence for herself, becoming an enemy of his power-hungry son John of Gaunt, and a sparring partner to resourceful diplomat William de Windsor, she anticipates the day when the political winds will turn against her. For when her detractors voice their hatred,and accusations of treason swirl around her,threatening to destroy everything she has achieved, who will stand by Alice then? Includes a readers guide
Author: Matthew Hefferan
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1783275642
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 353
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First extended survey of the subject, looking at the knights' activities, roles, background and service.
