The Kingmaker's Sisters (eBook)

Six Powerful Women in the Wars of the Roses

David Baldwin (Autor)

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2011 | 1. Auflage
248 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7524-7990-3 (ISBN)

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Warwick the Kingmaker, the Earl of Warwick & Salisbury whose wealth and power was so great that he could effectively decide who would rule England during the Wars of the Roses (1455-1487), had six sisters: Joan, Cecily, Alice, Eleanor, Katherine and Margaret. They all married powerful noblemen who fought on opposing sides during this turbulent period. The Kingmaker's Sisters examines the role that they played in late fifteenth-century England, as wives, mothers and homemakers, but also as deputies for their absent husbands, and how the struggle between the Yorkists and the Lancastrians affected them and their families. Scholarly but accessible, this is the first history of the Wars of the Roses to be written from this perspective, and will appeal to general readers, historians of the period and those with an interest in feminist history.

The late David Baldwin taught medieval history and was the author of 'Elizabeth Woodville: Mother of the Princes of the Tower' and 'The Lost Prince: The Survival of Richard of York'.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.11.2011
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• Schlagworte: alice neville baroness fitzhugh • cecily neville duchess of warwick • earl of warwick and salisbury • feminist history • homemakers • house of Lancaster • house of York • |joan neville • joan neville, margaret neville, lady eleanor neville baroness stanley, house of york, house of lancaster, feminist history • katherine neville baroness hastings • lady eleanor neville baroness stanley • lancastrians • Margaret • margaret neville • Mothers • six powerful women in the wars of the roses • six powerful women in the wars of the roses, warwick the kingmaker, earl of warwick and salisbury, cecily neville duchess of warwick, alice neville baroness fitzhugh, katherine neville baroness hastings, margaret, homemakers, wives, mothers, yorkists, lancastrians, • warwick the kingmaker • wives • yorkists
• ISBN-10: 0-7524-7990-3 / 0752479903
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7524-7990-3 / 9780752479903