Here lies the daughter, wife, and mother of Henry.
Matilda of Scotland, Queen of England
April 4, 2013 By
Matilda was to become adept at combining family connections, political alliances and patronization of the Church to her advantage.
Saint Margaret, Queen of Scotland
March 26, 2013 By
By all accounts, Margaret was a beautiful, blond Saxon princess in her twenties who was educated and had learned the art of being a royal wife from Edward’s Queen Edith.
The Count of Hainault’s Daughter
March 24, 2013 By
The register of Walter Stapeldon, Bishop of Exeter, contains a delightful description of a daughter of the Count of Hainault, dated 1319, which has long been thought to refer to Philippa.
Matilda of Flanders, Queen of England and Duchess of Normandy
March 19, 2013 By
One of the most influential and formidable medieval Queens of England was Matilda of Flanders, the wife of William the Conqueror.
Aelfthryth, Queen of England
March 12, 2013 By
In researching medieval queens, I came across the story of a queen having all the elements of a fairy tale. Her name is Aelfthryth, the wife of King Edgar the Peaceable
Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scotland
March 6, 2013 By
The marriage of Margaret of Denmark and King James III of Scotland may not have been very happy. But the union had a significant impact on the territorial gains of Scotland.
Mary of Guelders, Queen of Scotland
February 20, 2013 By
Mary was born c. 1434, the daughter of Arnold, Duke of Guelders and Catherine of Cleves, a great aunt of Anne of Cleves, fourth wife of King Henry VIII of England.
Edith of Wessex, Queen of England
February 6, 2013 By
We would like examine the life of a woman who was a contemporary of Queen Emma, Queen Matilda and mentor of Saint Margaret of Scotland.
Sex and Political Legitimacy: an Examination of Byzantine Empresses (399 -1056 c.e.)
October 12, 2012 By
Interview with Sarah Gristwood, author of Blood Sisters: The Hidden Lives of the Women Behind the Wars of the Roses
October 5, 2012 By
It was really Margaret of Anjou, Henry VI’s wife, with her ambition and determination – her refusal to let the Duke of York assume control, after her husband had fallen into a catatonic stupor – that kickstarted the civil war.
A Historiography of Chastity in the Marriage of Edith of Wessex and Edward the Confessor
October 4, 2012 By
While records of Edith’s life and her marriage to Edward are poor, the historiography of those who narrated her life after her death is rich. In some ways, the historiography of her life was directly related to that of her husband’s.
La Vie en Breton: Anne of Brittany’s Enduring Legacy and Appeal
October 1, 2012 By
Anne of Brittany (1477-1514) has inspired painters, poets, Breton nationalists, and even a wildly popular French rock opera.
The King’s Mercy. An Attribute of Later Medieval English Monarchy
September 9, 2012 By
Modern assumptions about medieval justice still tend to see this process of amelioration as merely occasional and exceptional: mercy needed to be applied only where special circumstances made it inappropriate to apply the full rigours of the law. This, however, is seriously to misunderstand both the purpose and the pervasiveness of mercy in the operation of medieval justice.
The Queen’s Blood: A Study of Family Ties during the Wars of the Roses
August 29, 2012 By
Although Elizabeth of York was much less politically active than her mother, she was always a theoretically more politically powerful woman. While Elizabeth Woodville came from the lowest ranks of the English nobility, Elizabeth of York was the daughter of Edward IV and a princess in her own right.
The Queen of troubadours goes to England: Eleanor of Aquitaine and 12th Century Anglo-Norman Literary Milieu
August 19, 2012 By
Although her importance in the growth of courtly love literature in France has been sufficiently stated, little attention has been paid to her patronising activities in England.
Reassessing the Roles of Women as ‘Makers’ of Medieval Art and Architecture
July 12, 2012 By
This two-volume set proposes a renewed way of framing the debate around the history of medieval art and architecture to highlight the multiple roles played by women.
Women and the Transmission of Power in Medieval Byzantium
July 2, 2012 By
Information about Byzantine women of power and influence who lived in the eastern capital during its long history from AD 330-1453 is often concealed in references that either minimize or demonize women (a familiar problem).
The Uncommon Commonality of Eleanor of Aquitaine
June 26, 2012 By
Eleanor lived at the junction of these two phenomena. She was raised on the foundation of a reforming western world that her people, aesthetically speaking, pioneered in many ways. The history of her, fact and fiction, result from that background.
The daughters of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine: a comparative study of twelfth-century royal women
June 17, 2012 By
This thesis is the first study of the daughters of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine which considers them in a dynastic context.
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.
An Inconvenient Princess
April 21, 2012 By
On November 11th, 1480, a child was baptized in the Palace of Eltham with all solemnity and grandeur, as was fitting for a royal princess of the House of York. The child was named Bridget, after the 14th century Swedish saint who wrote of personal visions of Christ and founded a religious order.
The Art of a Reigning Queen as Dynastic Propaganda in Twelfth-Century Spain
January 13, 2012 By
This study, however, will focus on Urraca of Leon-Castile (reigned 1109-26) to examine the unusual role of a reigning queen, that is, the king’s daughter and heir to his throne, whose position carried a greater dynastic weight than did a queen consort’s.
The uses of luxury: some examples from the Portuguese courts from 1480 to 1580
October 24, 2011 By
Whereas women accumulated objects in direct relation with their spirituality (with the exception of Queen Catarina), men favoured the possession of religious objects as a strategy in order to reinforce political power and authority.
The Education of Princess Mary Tudor
October 6, 2011 By
The Education of Princess Mary Tudor Pierret Perkins, Katherine Lee M.A. Thesis, History, Louisiana State University, December(2007) Abstract Mary Tudor, the first officially crowned queen regnant of England, received a humanist education. A curriculum was recommended for her in multiple writings by Spanish humanist Juan Luis Vives. This thesis attempts to synthesize and examine information […]
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