Portraits of medieval women : family, marriage, and politics in England, 1225-1350 / Linda E. Mitchell.
- Mitchell, Linda Elizabeth
- Date:
- 2019
- Books
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Description
"Although numerous general studies of medieval women and a number of biographies of medieval queens have appeared in recent years, there have been comparatively few studies that combine biographical and prosopographical methodologies in order to develop portraits of specific women as case studies of the different life experiences of medieval women." "The individual chapters can be read as separate histories of their specific subjects as well as case studies which together provide a coherent picture of the medieval English noblewoman."--From book cover.
Publication/Creation
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
Physical description
185 pages ; 22 cm.
Contributors
Notes
"First softcover printing 2019"--Title page verso.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Agnes and Her Sisters: Squabbling and Cooperation in the Extended Medieval Family -- Like Mother, Like Daughter: The Parallel Careers of Margaret de Quency and Maud de Lacy -- Heroism and Duty: Maud Mortimer of Wigmore's Contributions to the Royalist Cause -- Welshness, Englishness, and the Problem of Dowagers and Heiresses in Wales: The Lestrange Family's Marital Adventures in Powys -- Murderous Maud? The Case Against Maud Mortimer of Richard's Castle -- Isabella de Vescy and the Lords Ordainer: Marital Politics and the Crown, 1272-1327 -- Martyr to the Cause: The Tragic Career of Alice de Lacy -- The Rise and Decline of the Medieval English Noble Widow?
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Location Status History of MedicineCBW.41.AA2-3Open shelves
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ISBN
- 1349633712
- 9781349633715