Description: Further DetailsTitle: Queens ConsortCondition: NewEAN: 9780753826119ISBN: 9780753826119Publisher: Weidenfeld & NicolsonFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 08/06/2009Item Height: 198mmItem Length: 152mmItem Width: 36mmItem Weight: 456gAuthor: Lisa HiltonLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: England's Medieval QueensISBN-10: 0753826119Description: England from the perspective of its consort queens - a distaff history of the nation from 1066 to 1503.England's medieval queens were elemental in shaping the history of the nation. In an age where all politics were family politics, dynastic marriages placed English queens at the very centre of power - the king's bed. From Matilda of Flanders, the Conqueror's queen, to Elizabeth of York, the first Tudor consort, England's queens fashioned the nature of monarchy and influenced the direction of the state. Occupying a unique position in the mercurial, often violent world of medieval state-craft, English queens had to negotiate a role that combined tremendous influence with terrifying vulnerability.Lisa Hilton's meticulously researched new book explores the lives of the twenty women who were crowned queen between 1066 and 1503, reconsidering the fictions surrounding well-known figures like Eleanor of Aquitaine and illuminating the lives of forgotten figures such as Adeliza of Louvain. War, adultery, witchcraft, child abuse, murder - and occassionally even love - formed English queenship, but so too did patronage, learning and fashion. Lisa Hilton considers the evolution of the queenly office alongside intimate portraits of the individual women, dispelling the myth that medieval brides were no more than diplomatic pawns.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: HistoryRelease Year: 2009 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Queens Consort
Publication Name: Queens Consort
Title: Queens Consort
EAN: 9780753826119
ISBN: 9780753826119
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Format: Paperback
Release Date: 08/06/2009
Release Year: 2009
Item Height: 198mm
Item Length: 152mm
Item Width: 36mm
Item Weight: 456g
Author: Lisa Hilton
Language: English
Subtitle: England's Medieval Queens
ISBN-10: 0753826119
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Genre: History
