The Last Medieval Queens
English Queenship 1445-1503
Edición de la obra The last medieval queens
| Autor | J. L. Laynesmith |
|---|---|
| Editorial | Oxford University Press, USA |
| Fecha de publicación | July 23, 2005 |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 308 |
| ISBN-13 | 9780199279562 |
| ISBN-10 | 019927956X |
| Número de Cutter | L428l |
"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 and practice 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 that could 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."--BOOK JACKET.