We see events such as the murder of Becket, Magna Carta and the birth of parliaments from a new perspective. Crusading queens, queens in rebellion against their king, queen seductresses, learned queens, queens in battle, queens who enlivened England with the romantic culture of southern Europe - these determined women often broke through medieval constraints to exercise power and influence, for good and sometimes for ill.Īlison Weir´s ground-breaking history of the queens of medieval England now moves into a period of even higher drama, from 1154 to 1291: years of chivalry, dynastic ambition, conflict with the church, baronial wars, and the all-pervading bonds of feudalism. The Plantagenet queens of England played a role in some of the most dramatic events in our history. The next volume in Alison Weir´s magisterial history of the queens of Medieval England - including the life of Eleanor of Aquitaine, the subject of Alison´s most successful book.
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