{"product_id":"9788494593772","title":"Queenship in England: 1308-1485 Gender and Power in the Late Middle Ages","description":"\u003cp\u003e“\u003cstrong\u003eAn interesting and accessible exploration of medieval queenship in relation to gender expectations.” - \u003c\/strong\u003eAmy Licence, author of \u003cem\u003eCatherine of Aragon: An Intimate Life of Henry VIII's True Wife\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cstrong\u003eA very readable and thoroughly researched book that looks at the role of late medieval Queens of England in an original way.” - \u003c\/strong\u003eToni Mount, author of \u003cem\u003eA Year in the Life of Medieval England\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween 1308 and 1485, nine women were married to kings of England. Their status as queen offered them the opportunity to exercise authority in a manner that was denied to other women of the time. This book offers a new study of these nine queens and their queenship in late medieval England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIsabella of France, wife of Edward II\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePhilippa of Hainault, wife of Edward III\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAnne of Bohemia, wife of Richard II\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIsabelle of France, second wife of Richard II\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eJoan of Navarre, wife of Henry IV\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eKatherine of Valois, wife of Henry V\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMargaret of Anjou, wife of Henry VI\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Wydeville, wife of Edward IV\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnne Neville, wife of Richard III\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fourteenth- and fifteenth-centuries were frequently characterised by dynastic uncertainty and political tensions. Scholars have recognised that the kings who ruled during this time were confronted with challenges to their kingship, as new questions emerged about what it meant to be a successful king in late medieval England. This book examines the challenges faced by the queens who ruled at this time. It investigates the relationship between gender and power at the English court, while exploring how queenship responded to, and was informed by, the tensions at the heart of governance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUltimately \u003cem\u003eQueenship in England\u003c\/em\u003e questions whether a new model of queenship emerged from the great upheavals underpinning the fourteenth- and fifteenth-century polity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MadeGlobal Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47065004015856,"sku":"9788494593772","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9788494593772_p0.jpg?v=1763747357","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9788494593772","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}