num_pages: 320
description: 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 andpractice 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 thatcould 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.
language: English
title: The Last Medieval Queens: English Queenship 1445-1503
titlecomplete: The Last Medieval Queens: English Queenship 1445-1503
genres: Biography, British Literature, Medieval History, European History, Nonfiction, Medieval, Research, History
ratings_count: 52
publisher: Oxford University Press