02703nam 2200613 a 450 991045230730332120200520144314.01-280-84674-70-19-153003-41-4294-6932-3(CKB)1000000000473135(EBL)422648(OCoLC)476258595(SSID)ssj0000189418(PQKBManifestationID)12023441(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000189418(PQKBWorkID)10156517(PQKB)10396082(MiAaPQ)EBC422648(Au-PeEL)EBL422648(CaPaEBR)ebr10266471(CaONFJC)MIL84674(EXLCZ)99100000000047313520040115d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe last medieval queens[electronic resource] English queenship 1445-1503 /J.L. LaynesmithOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20041 online resource (313 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-927956-X 0-19-924737-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-286) and index.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; IndexThe 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 tiMonarchyGreat BritainHistoryTo 1500QueensGreat BritainBiographyGreat BritainHistoryLancaster and York, 1399-1485BiographyElectronic books.MonarchyHistoryQueens942.04/092/2BLaynesmith J. L955325MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452307303321The last medieval queens2161496UNINA