Queens of the crusades : Eleanor of Aquitaine and her successors
Weir, Alison, 1951-2020
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The Plantagenet queens of England played a role in some of the most dramatic events in our history. Crusading queens, queens in rebellion against their king, queen seductresses, learned queens, queens in battle, queens who enlivened England with the romantic culture of southern Europe - these determined women often broke through medieval constraints to exercise power and influence, for good and sometimes for ill. Alison Weir's ground-breaking history of the queens of Medieval England now moves into a period of even higher drama, from 1154 to 1291: years of chivalry, dynastic ambition, conflict with the church, baronial wars, and the all-pervading bonds of feudalism. We see events such as the murder of Becket, Magna Carta and the birth of parliaments from a new perspective.
Main title:
Queens of the crusades : Eleanor of Aquitaine and her successors / Alison Weir. 1154-1291
Author:
Weir, Alison, 1951-, author
Imprint:
London : Jonathan Cape, 2020.
Collation:
480 pages ; 24 cm.
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ISBN:
9781910702093 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
942.031092942.031942.03109252942.031 WEIR942.031092 WEI
Language:
English
Subject:
Eleanor, of Aquitaine, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of England, 1122?-1204 -- FamilyPlantagenet, House ofGreat Britain -- History -- Henry II, 1154-1189Great Britain -- History -- John, 1199-1216Great Britain -- History -- Henry III, 1216-1272Great Britain -- History -- Edward I, 1272-1307History
BRN:
1195952
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