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

• Autore: Laynesmith J. L
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (313 p.)
• Disciplina: 942.04/092/2; B
• Soggetto topico: Monarchy - Great Britain - History - To 1500; Queens - Great Britain
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain History Lancaster and York, 1399-1485 Biography
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The last medieval queens
• ISBN: 1-383-03855-4; 1-280-84674-7; 0-19-153003-4; 1-4294-6932-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819285703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II