Three Medieval Queens [electronic resource] : Queenship and the Crown in Fourteenth-Century England /
St. John, Lisa Benz.author.
This book is an innovative study offering the first examination of how three fourteenth-century English queens, Margaret of France, Isabella of France, and Philippa of Hainault, exercised power and authority. It frames its analysis around four major themes: gender; status; the concept of the crown; and power and authority.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; 1 Modern Studies of Queenship; 2 Reconstructing Medieval Expectations; 3 The Queen as Intercessor: Power and Influence; 4 A Royal Institution: The Queen's Household and Estates; 5 Motherhood, Matriarchy, and the Royal Family; 6 Administrator of the Realm; 7 Conclusions; Appendix I: Number of Intercessionary Acts; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book is an innovative study offering the first examination of how three fourteenth-century English queens, Margaret of France, Isabella of France, and Philippa of Hainault, exercised power and authority. It frames its analysis around four major themes: gender; status; the concept of the crown; and power and authority.
Margaret, Queen, consort of Edward I, King of England, 1279?-1318.
Isabella, Queen, consort of Edward II, King of England, 1292-1358.
Philippa, Queen, consort of Edward III, King of England, -1369.
Europe-History.
Europe-History-476-1492.
Great Britain-History.
Sociology.
European History.
History of Medieval Europe.
History of Britain and Ireland.
Gender Studies.