Title: KATHERINE SWYNFORD: THE HISTORY OF A MEDIEVAL MISTRESS
First published: 2006
Description: Katherine Swynford has been described as `one of the most famous, enigmatic and controversial of medieval women'. The mistress, and later wife, of King Edward III's son John of Gaunt, Katherine was portrayed by her contemporaries as a she-devil, an enchantress and a whore. .... [Back cover].
Subjects: Nobility, Biography, Mistresses, Governesses, History, Kings and rulers, Paramours, Nobility, great britain, Women, biography, John, of gaunt, duke of lancaster, 1340-1399, Women
Places: England, Europe, Great Britain
People: Katherine Duchess of Lancaster (1350?-1403)
Time periods: 14th century