Queens of the Age of Chivalry
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Queens of the Age of Chivalry
19.99 €
Author and historian Alison Weir's book, "Queens of the Age of Chivalry," explores one of the most romantic and turbulent eras of European history. Her heroines are the five Plantagenet queens, queens of England from 1299 to 1399, whose real lives bore little resemblance to courtly romance, but were no less full of dramatic stories.
During this period of medieval history, when nobility, military glory, and courtly love were celebrated in aristocratic circles in keeping with the notion of the chivalric lifestyle, England was rocked one after another, and sometimes all at once, by events of truly catastrophic proportions: the overthrow of two kings, the Hundred Years' War, the Black Death, the peasant revolt, the increasingly apparent doom of the feudal system... All of this inevitably led to social and political upheaval.
What was the place of women in this "grand" history? Alison Weir chronicles the five queens consort of that legendary yet brutal era—five women of the highest social standing possible at the time.
Marguerite of France was twenty years old when she became the second wife of the sixty-year-old King Edward I. Isabella of France, known as the She-Wolf of France, overthrew her husband, Edward II, and ruled England jointly with her lover. In contrast, Philippa of Hainault, wife of the deposed King Edward III's son, was beloved by the people. Anne of Bohemia was the wife of Richard II, but died young and childless. Isabella of Valois became Richard's second wife when she was only six years old and became embroiled in the events that led to her husband's violent overthrow. How did these queens live and die, how did they exercise their power, and how did they cope with war, betrayal, and tragedy?
During this period of medieval history, when nobility, military glory, and courtly love were celebrated in aristocratic circles in keeping with the notion of the chivalric lifestyle, England was rocked one after another, and sometimes all at once, by events of truly catastrophic proportions: the overthrow of two kings, the Hundred Years' War, the Black Death, the peasant revolt, the increasingly apparent doom of the feudal system... All of this inevitably led to social and political upheaval.
What was the place of women in this "grand" history? Alison Weir chronicles the five queens consort of that legendary yet brutal era—five women of the highest social standing possible at the time.
Marguerite of France was twenty years old when she became the second wife of the sixty-year-old King Edward I. Isabella of France, known as the She-Wolf of France, overthrew her husband, Edward II, and ruled England jointly with her lover. In contrast, Philippa of Hainault, wife of the deposed King Edward III's son, was beloved by the people. Anne of Bohemia was the wife of Richard II, but died young and childless. Isabella of Valois became Richard's second wife when she was only six years old and became embroiled in the events that led to her husband's violent overthrow. How did these queens live and die, how did they exercise their power, and how did they cope with war, betrayal, and tragedy?
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- All books in the series Kings and Queens: Secret Stories
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