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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777765303321

Autore

Laynesmith J. L

Titolo

The last medieval queens [[electronic resource] ] : English queenship 1445-1503 / / J.L. Laynesmith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004

ISBN

1-383-03855-4

1-280-84674-7

0-19-153003-4

1-4294-6932-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (313 p.)

Disciplina

942.04/092/2

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Soggetti

Monarchy - Great Britain - History - To 1500

Queens - Great Britain

Great Britain History Lancaster and York, 1399-1485 Biography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-286) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Genealogical Tables; Introduction; 1. Selecting Queens During the Wars of the Roses; 2. Rituals of Queenship; 3. Queens as Mothers; 4. The Queen's Family; 5. Court and Household; Conclusion; Select Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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. The book sets out to answer important questions about the nature and role of queenship in the last years of medieval England. What sort of woman was chosen to be queen? What behaviour was expected of her? What power or authority was granted to her? How did the king use. her in the exercise of his kingship? J. L. Laynesmith considers what it meant to be a queen during these turbulent ti