Buch, Englisch, 312 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 495 g
English Queenship 1445-1503
Buch, Englisch, 312 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 495 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-927956-2
Verlag: Oxford University Press
Explores the nature and rituals of queenship at the end of the middle ages
Uncovers the role of the queen in the medieval power structure
Examines the lives of the four very different women who were queens of England during the Wars of the Roses
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.
Contents
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
Zielgruppe
Readers interested in the history of the monarchy, scholars and students of medieval English history.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder England, UK, Irland: Regional & Stadtgeschichte
