Title: Queens consort
First published: 2008
Description: Occupying a unique position in the mercurial, often violent world of medieval state-craft, England’s medieval queens were elemental in shaping the history of the monarchy and the nation. Lisa Hilton’s meticulously researched new work explores the lives of the 20 women crowned between 1066 and 1503. She reconsiders the fictions surrounding well-known figures like Eleanor of Aquitaine, illuminates the lives of forgotten queens such as Adeliza of Louvain, and shows why they all had to negotiate a role that combined tremendous influence with terrifying vulnerability. The result is a provocative and dramatic narrative that redefines English history.
Subjects: Queens, History, Biography, Women, Social conditions, Kings and rulers, Power (Social sciences), Courts and courtiers, Biographies, Court and courtiers, Monarchy, Great britain, history, Queens, great britain
Places: England, Great Britain
People: Matilda of Flanders, Berengaria of Navarre, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Isabella of France, Philippa of Hainault, Joannna of Navarre, Margaret of Anjou, Elizabeth Woodville, Anne Neville Queen consort of Richard III (1456-1485), Elizabeth of York
Time periods: to 1500, 1066-1687
LC classification: DA28.2 .H55 2008