Matilda of Scotland
Subtitle: a study in medieval queenship
By: Lois L. Huneycutt.
Publisher: Boydell Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Rochester, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
Subjects: Matilda, Queen, consort of Henry I, King of England, 1080-1118.; Henry I, King of England, 1068-1135 -- Marriage.; Monarchy -- Great Britain -- History -- To 1500.; Queens -- Great Britain -- Biography.; Great Britain -- History -- Henry I, 1100-1135.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "Matilda of Scotland was the daughter of Malcolm II of Scotland and his Anglo-Saxon queen Margaret. Her marriage to Henry I of England in 1100 thus brought to Henry, descendant of the conquering Normans, a direct and politically desirable link to Matilda's ancestor Alfred the Great." "Chroniclers of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries often refer to her as Mathilda bona regina, or Matildis beatae memoriae, and for a time she was popularly regarded as a saint. Huneycutt's study shows how Matilda achieves such acclaim, both because the political structures of her day allowed her the opportunity to do so and because she herself was skilled at manipulating those structures." "This study will be valuable not only to those interested in English political history, but also to historians of women, the medieval church, and medieval culture."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-199) and index.