The letters of Margaret of Anjou / edited by Helen Maurer and B.M. Cron.
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- Margareta, av Anjou, drottning, 1430-1482 (författare)
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Alternativt namn: Margaret, of Anjou, Queen, consort of Henry VI, King of England, 1430-1482
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Alternativt namn: Anjou, Margareta av, drottning, 1430-1482
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Alternativt namn: Margaret, of Anjou, Queen, consort of Henry VI, King of England, 1430-1482
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Alternativt namn: Anjou, Margareta av, drottning, 1430-1482
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Maurer, Helen E., 1942- (redaktör/utgivare)
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Cron, B. M. (redaktör/utgivare)
- ISBN 1783274247
- Publicerad: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; The Boydell Press, 2019
- Engelska xiii, 303 pages
Sammanfattning
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- Margaret of Anjou remains a figure of controversy. As wife to the weak King Henry VI, she was on the losing side in the first phase of the Wars of the Roses. Yorkist propaganda vilifying Margaret was consolidated by Shakespeare: his portrait of a warlike and vengeful queen - "a tiger's heart wrapped in a woman's hide" - became the widely-accepted view, which up until recently had been little questioned. However, Margaret's letters, here in their first full collection, in one place for the first time, have their own story to tell - and present a rather different picture. In her words and the words of her contemporaries, both friend and foe, they reveal a woman who lived according to the noble standards of her time. She enjoyed the hunt, she practised her faith, and she tried to help or protect those who called upon her for assistance, as was expected of a queen and "good lady". Henry's mental breakdown, the birth of their son and growing tensions among the lords of the land forced her to step outside the life she would have expected to live. This study of Margaret's letters establishes the scope of a late medieval queen's concerns, while providing a unique account of this extraordinary woman.
Ämnesord
- Drottningar (sao)
- Korrespondens (sao)
- Historia (sao)
- Queens -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Correspondence. (LCSH)
- Drottningar -- Storbritannien -- 1400-talet (kao)
- Queens -- Great Britain -- 15th century (kao//eng)
- Brev -- politik -- välgörenhet (kao)
- Letters -- politics -- välgörenhet (kao//eng)
- Queens (LCSH)
- History (LCSH)
- Storbritannien (sao)
- Great Britain -- History -- Henry VI, 1422-1461. (LCSH)
Personnamn
- Margaret, of Anjou, Queen, consort of Henry VI, King of England, 1430-1482 -- Correspondence.
- Henrik VI, kung av England, 1421-1471
- Margareta, av Anjou, drottning, 1430-1482
Klassifikation
- DA247.M3 (LCC)
- 942.043092 (DDC)
- Ke (kssb/8 (machine generated))
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