Matilda was to become adept at combining family connections, political alliances and patronization of the Church to her advantage.
The speaking cross, the persecuted princess and the murdered earl: the early history of Romsey Abbey
February 5, 2013 By
The Old-English note may have begun life as an endorsement, either to the grant of privileges or (what is perhaps more likely) to the agreement about the woodland belonging to Romsey, a notice of which has become attached to it; it was not uncommon when diplomas were collected into cartularies for such endorsements to be used as ‘headings’ for the text.
Partners in Rule: A Study of Twelfth-Century Queens of England
May 30, 2012 By
The queens of twelfth-century England provide a prime example of how the queen was not, in fact, powerless in the rule of her realm, but rather a significant governmental official who had the opportunity to take a complementary part in royal rule that suited her strengths.
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