Queens Consort: England's Medieval Queens from Eleanor of Aquitaine to Elizabeth of York - Couverture souple

Hilton, Lisa

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1605981052 ISBN 13 : 9781605981055

Editeur : Pegasus Books, 2010

Synopsis

Queens Consort The colorful and dramatic history of England's medieval queens. Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

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.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Lisa Hilton is the acclaimed author of The Real Queen of France: Athénais and Louis XIV, Mistress Peachum's Pleasure, Queens Consort: England's Medieval Queens and The Horror of Love. She is the author of two novels, the bestselling Wolves in Winter and The House with Blue Shutters, which was shortlisted in the UK for the Commonwealth Fiction prize. She was educated at Oxford University, and lives in central London.

http://lisa-hilton.com/

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Pegasus Books
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1605981052
• ISBN 13: 9781605981055
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 482