Three Medieval Queens: Queenship and the Crown in Fourteenth-Century England

by Lisa Benz St. John

Book Overview

This book is an innovative study offering the first examination of how three fourteenth-century English queens, Margaret of France, Isabella of France, and Philippa of Hainault, exercised power and authority. It frames its analysis around four major themes: gender; status; the concept of the crown; and power and authority.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230112854
• ISBN13: 9780230112858
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.6"