The last Serbian queen: Helena Palaiologina (1431- 1473)
Serbo-Byzantine marriages had occurred many times in the past years, when the Empire was still vast and powerful.
Christmas Books: Great Medieval Fiction Reads for the Christmas Holidays!
Some medieval stocking stuffers for the historians on your Christmas list!
Æthelflæd, Lady of Mercia
Of all the medieval women I have researched and written about, Aethelflaed is by far my favorite. She was the daughter of Alfred the Great and was instrumental in carrying out his vision for a united Britain.
Eleanor, Queen of France and England and Duchess of Aquitaine
There never has been another Queen like her.
Queenship in Medieval Europe, by Theresa Earenfight
Read an excerpt from Queenship in Medieval Europe and save 20% when you order it with these special promotional codes!
‘Al ful of fresshe floures whyte and reede’: The Jewellery of Margaret of York and Its Meaning
The collier shown in the Louvre portrait appears to be made of gold and enamel, and is almost exclusively set with pearls.
Philippa of Hainault, Queen of England
These two young people met and became friends. This was an extraordinary beginning to a royal marriage.
Viking Age Queens: The example of Oseberg
The Oseberg ship burial is a Viking Age burial mound containing a double female inhumation, which is located in the Oslofjord area in Norway.
The Queen and her consort : succession, politics and partnership in the kingdom of Navarre, 1274-1512
This thesis draws attention to an exceptional group of sovereigns and demonstrates the important role that these women and their spouses played in the political history of Western Europe during the Late Middle Ages. It also highlights the particular challenges of female rule and offers new modes of analysis by focusing on unique areas of investigation which have not been previously examined
Sayyida Hurra: The Isma’ili Sulayhid Queen of Yemen Farhad Daftary
This article explores the career of queen Sayyida Hurra, she was the political and religious leader of Sulayhid Yemen, which was an extremely rare occurrence and privilege for a woman in Fatimid times
Margaret Plantagenet, Queen of Scotland
The English Princess Margaret Plantagenet married King Alexander III of Scotland in December of 1251. This was to be the third youngest marriage of monarchs in British history.
Queen Guinevere. A queen through time
According to Hopkins, “[Arthur’s] queen, Guinevere, is more elusive, less written about [than Arthur and his knights], and yet has been for centuries a central character playing a critical role in the rise and fall of the Round Table” (6). He goes on by characterizing her as “a key figure in the life of Camelot, this remarkable woman is seen variably as scholar, seductress, warrior, and dignified gentle beauty by the countless artists and writers who have depicted her. Who, then, was Guinevere?” (10) The purpose of this essay is to answer this question by looking at different texts and novels referring to the Queen.
Marie of Guise, Queen of Scotland
Marie of Guise was born on November 20, 1515 in the castle of Bar-le-Duc in northeast France.
Madeleine of Valois, Queen of Scotland
At the time of James’ visit to court, Madeleine was sixteen and back at court. It seems the two fell in love with each other.
“A model of wisdom and exemplar of modesty without parallel in our time”: how Matilda of Flanders was represented in two twelfth-century histories
My thesis investigates the different ways in which two twelfth-century historians, William of Malmesbury and Orderic Vitalis, represented Matilda.
Queen-making and Queenship in early medieval England and Francia
The present work is not simply a discussion of early medieval queen-making rites, for this would only have necessitated a study of the ninth to the eleventh centuries, but queen-making reciprocated with ideas of queenship just as king-making was inextricably bound up with ideas of kingship.
The Queen of Sicily’s Paris Shopping List, 1277
Sarah-Grace Heller examines a letter sent by Charles I of Anjou, King of Sicily to one of his agents in Paris, where he provides a detailed order of textiles and clothing that he needed to have purchased.
Book Review: Shadow on the Crown
A review of Patricia Bracewell’s book: Shadow on the Crown.
Queen’s Gold and Intercession: The Case of Eleanor of Aquitaine
This essay will consider basic questions about queen’s gold and intercession. First it will address the mechanics of the levy and collection of queen’s gold, beginning with fundamentals such as the nature of the levy and who paid. An investigation into the origins of queen’s gold will follow.
Matilda of Boulogne, Queen of England
Matilda and Stephen were the model medieval couple.
Empress Matilda, Lady of the English
Here lies the daughter, wife, and mother of Henry.
Matilda of Scotland, Queen of England
Matilda was to become adept at combining family connections, political alliances and patronization of the Church to her advantage.
Saint Margaret, Queen of Scotland
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
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.