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1 online resource (xviii, 294 pages, 8 pages of plates) : illustrations, genealogical tables |
Summary |
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 |
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Originally published: 2004 |
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"Joint winner of the Longman-History Today Book of the Year Prize 2005"--Page 4 of cover |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-286) and index |
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Print version record |
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Margaret, of Anjou, Queen, consort of Henry VI, King of England, 1430-1482.
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Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Edward IV, King of England, 1437?-1492.
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Anne, Queen, consort of Richard III, King of England, 1456-1485.
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Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Henry VII, King of England, 1465-1503.
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Anne, Queen, consort of Richard III, King of England, 1456-1485 fast |
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Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Edward IV, King of England, 1437?-1492 fast |
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Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Henry VII, King of England, 1465-1503 fast |
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Margaret, of Anjou, Queen, consort of Henry VI, King of England, 1430-1482 fast |
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Monarchy -- Great Britain -- History -- To 1500
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Queens -- Great Britain -- Biography
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Queens -- England -- History -- To 1500
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Queens -- England -- Social conditions
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Women -- England -- History -- To 1500
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Power (Social sciences) -- England -- History -- To 1500
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HISTORY.
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Kings and rulers
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Monarchy
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Politics and government
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Power (Social sciences)
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Queens
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Queens -- Social conditions
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Women
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Great Britain -- History -- Lancaster and York, 1399-1485 -- Biography
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Great Britain -- Kings and rulers.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056859
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Great Britain -- History -- To 1500
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Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1399-1485. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056880
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England
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Great Britain
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Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781429469326 |
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1429469323 |
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1280846747 |
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9781280846748 |
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