| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 294 pages, 8 pages of plates) : illustrations, genealogical tables |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Originally published: 2004. |
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"Joint winner of the Longman-History Today Book of the Year Prize 2005"--Page 4 of cover. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-286) and index. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Margaret, of Anjou, Queen, consort of Henry VI, King of England, 1430-1482.
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Margaret, of Anjou, Queen, consort of Henry VI, King of England, 1430-1482. |
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Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Edward IV, King of England, 1437?-1492.
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Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Edward IV, King of England, 1437?-1492. |
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Anne, Queen, consort of Richard III, King of England, 1456-1485.
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Anne, Queen, consort of Richard III, King of England, 1456-1485. |
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Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Henry VII, King of England, 1465-1503.
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Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Henry VII, King of England, 1465-1503. |
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Margaret, of Anjou, Queen, consort of Henry VI, King of England, 1430-1482. |
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Elizabeth, consort of Edward IV, 1437?-1492. |
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Anne, Queen, 1456-1485. |
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Elizabeth, Queen, 1465-1503. |
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Great Britain -- History -- Lancaster and York, 1399-1485 -- Biography.
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Monarchy -- Great Britain -- History -- To 1500.
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Monarchy. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1500 |
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Queens -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Queens. |
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Biographies.
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Queens -- England -- History -- To 1500.
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England. |
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Queens -- England -- Social conditions.
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Social conditions. |
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Women -- England -- History -- To 1500.
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Women. |
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Power (Social sciences) -- England -- History -- To 1500.
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Power (Social sciences) |
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Great Britain -- Kings and rulers.
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Kings and rulers. |
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Great Britain -- History -- To 1500.
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Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1399-1485.
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
1399-1485 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Women. |
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Womyn. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Laynesmith, J.L. Last medieval queens. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005 019927956X 9780199279562 (OCoLC)58998803 |
| ISBN |
9781429469326 (electronic book) |
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1429469323 (electronic book) |
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1280846747 |
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9781280846748 |
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0199247374 (Cloth) |
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