She-wolves : the women who ruled England before Elizabeth
Castor, Helen2010
Book
The stories of these women - told here in all their vivid humanity - illustrate the paradox which the female heirs to the Tudor throne had no choice but to negotiate. Man was the head of woman; and the king was the head of all. How, then, could a woman be king, how could royal power lie in female hands?
Main title:
She-wolves : the women who ruled England before Elizabeth / Helen Castor.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Faber, 2010.
Collation:
xiii, 474 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), map, ports. (chiefly col.) ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780571237050 (hbk)
Dewey class:
942.030922A942.030922CAS942'.03'0922
Language:
English
Subject:
Matilda, Empress, consort of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1102-1167Eleanor, of Aquitaine, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of England, 1122?-1204Isabella, Queen, consort of Edward II, King of England, 1292-1358Margaret, of Anjou, Queen, consort of Henry VI, King of England, 1430-1482Queens -- England -- BiographyGreat Britain -- History -- Medieval period, 1066-1485 -- Biography
BRN:
42950