Medievalists.net » Philippa Gregory http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 ‘There is more to the story than this, of course’: Character and Affect in Philippa Gregory’s The White Queen http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/13/story-course-character-affect-philippa-gregorys-white-queen/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/13/story-course-character-affect-philippa-gregorys-white-queen/#comments Mon, 13 Oct 2014 11:02:55 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=53306 Philippa Gregory has critiqued gendered representations of Elizabeth Woodville and has stated that her 2009 novel The White Queen fictionalises Woodville’s history with the aim of challenging such depictions.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/13/story-course-character-affect-philippa-gregorys-white-queen/feed/ 0 The history of foxglove poisoning, was Edward IV a victim? http://www.medievalists.net/2014/04/30/history-foxglove-poisoning-edward-iv-victim/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/04/30/history-foxglove-poisoning-edward-iv-victim/#comments Wed, 30 Apr 2014 12:41:02 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=49300 The history of foxglove poisoning, was Edward IV a victim? Peter Stride (University of Queensland School of Medicine, Australia) Fiona Winston-Brown (Librarian, Redcliffe Hospital, Australia) Richard III Society: Inc. Vol. 43 No. 1 March (2012) Abstract Edward IV, having been obese, but otherwise apparently in good health, died after an acute illness of only a […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/08/45559/feed/ 0 Great Medieval Fiction 2013! http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/28/great-medieval-fiction-2013/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/28/great-medieval-fiction-2013/#comments Thu, 28 Nov 2013 23:55:39 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=45337 For those of you who enjoy some fantasy or a historical novel - this list is for you!

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