Ebook: Queens consort : England’s medieval queens
Author: Lisa Hilton
- Genre: History
- Tags: Queens -- England -- History -- To 1500, Queens -- England -- Biography, Queens -- England -- Social conditions, Women -- England -- History -- To 1500, Power (Social sciences) -- England -- History -- To 1500, Great Britain -- Court and courtiers, Great Britain -- Kings and rulers, Great Britain -- History -- 1066-1687, Courts and courtiers, Kings and rulers, Power (Social sciences), Queens, Queens -- Social conditions, Women, England, Great Britain, Koninginnen (vorstinnen), Engeland, Queens -- England -- Histo
- Year: 2010
- Publisher: W. W. Norton
- City: New York
- Language: English
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From Matilda of Flanders, William 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 politics, these queens had to negotiate a role that combined tremendous influence with terrifying vulnerability. Lisa Hilton's illuminating new Read more...