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The Life and Afterlife of Isabeau of Bavaria

Author : Tracy Adams
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 0801899265
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book The Life and Afterlife of Isabeau of Bavaria written by Tracy Adams and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2010-09-15 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fascinating history of Isabeau of Bavaria is a tale of two queens. During her lifetime, Isabeau, the long-suffering wife of mad King Charles VI of France, was respected and revered. After her death, she was reviled as an incompetent regent, depraved adulteress, and betrayer of the throne. Asserting that there is no historical support for this posthumous reputation, Tracy Adams returns Isabeau to her rightful place in history. Adulteress and traitor—two charges long leveled against the queen—are the first subjects of Adam’s reinterpretation of medieval French history. Scholars have concluded that the myths of Isabeau’s scandalous past are just that: rumors that evolved after her death in the context of a political power struggle. Unfortunately, this has not prevented the lies from finding their way into respected studies on the period. Adams’s own work serves as a corrective, rehabilitating the reputation of the good queen and exploring the larger topic of memory and the creation of myth. Adams next challenges the general perception that the queen lacked political acumen. With her husband incapacitated by insanity, Isabeau was forced to rule a country ripped apart by feuding, power-hungry factions. Adams argues that Isabeau handled her role astutely in such a contentious environment, preserving the monarchy from the incursions of the king’s powerful male relatives. Taking issue with history’s harsh treatment of a woman who ruled under difficult circumstances, Adams convincingly recasts Isabeau as a respected and competent queen.

Isabeau, a Novel of Queen Isabella and Sir Roger Mortimer

Author : N. Gemini Sasson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780982715819
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (158 download)

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Download or read book Isabeau, a Novel of Queen Isabella and Sir Roger Mortimer written by N. Gemini Sasson and published by . This book was released on 2010-09 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Queen Isabella, who sought revenge on her husband Edward II, and her lover Sir Roger Mortimer, who masterminded the invasion that accomplished it. The marriage of Isabella of France and Edward II of England in 1308 is a union meant to secure lasting peace. For years, Isabella is a loyal wife, who repeatedly salvages her husband's kingship, even as she endures his neglect. When she finally speaks out against Edward's favorite, Lord Hugh Despenser, her income, lands and children are taken from her. In an age when women are not supposed to openly defy their husbands, Isabella vows to get her children back and have her revenge on Despenser - no matter what the cost. Imprisoned in the Tower of London for leading a rebellion against King Edward, Mortimer escapes with Isabella's help and finds refuge in the French court. But when Isabella arrives in Paris to negotiate a peace treaty, it is a temptation the ambitious Mortimer cannot resist.

Lives of the Queens of England

Author : Agnes Strickland
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 764 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Lives of the Queens of England written by Agnes Strickland and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Jean Gerson and Gender

Author : N. McLoughlin
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137488832
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (374 download)

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Download or read book Jean Gerson and Gender written by N. McLoughlin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-12 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jean Gerson and Gender examines the deployment of gendered rhetoric by the influential late medieval politically active theologian, Jean Gerson (1363-1429), as a means of understanding his reputation for political neutrality, the role played by royal women in the French royal court, and the rise of the European witch hunts.

The Sister Queens

Author : Mary McGrigor
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750967889
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book The Sister Queens written by Mary McGrigor and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2016-01-07 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Isabella de Valois was 3 years old when, on a hot August day in 1392, her father suddenly went mad. Less than four years later, she was married by proxy to the English King Richard II and arrived in England with a French retinue and her doll's house. Richard's humiliating deposition and brutal murder by his cousin, the future Henry IV, forced Isabella's desperate return to France where she found her country fatally divided. Isabella's sister, Catherine de Valois, became the beautiful young bride of Henry V and is unique in history for being the daughter of a king, the wife of a king, the mother of a king and the grandmother of a king. Like her sister, Catherine was viewed as a bargaining chip in times of political turmoil, yet her passionate love affair with the young Owain Tudor established the entire Tudor dynasty and set in motion one of the most fascinating periods of British history. The Sister Queens is a gripping tale of love, exile and conflict in a time when even royal women had to fight for survival.

Henry V

Author : Dan Jones
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593652738
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (936 download)

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Download or read book Henry V written by Dan Jones and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2024-10-01 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestselling author returns with a biography examining the dramatic life and unparalleled leadership of England's greatest medieval king Henry V reigned over England for only nine years and four months and died at the age of just thirty-five, but he looms over the landscape of the late Middle Ages and beyond. The victor of Agincourt, he is remembered as the acme of kingship, a model to be closely imitated by his successors. William Shakespeare deployed Henry V as a study in youthful folly redirected to sober statesmanship. For one modern medievalist, Henry was, quite simply, “the greatest man who ever ruled England.” For Dan Jones, Henry V is one of the most intriguing characters in all medieval history, but one of the hardest to pin down. He was a hardened, sometimes brutal warrior, yet he was also creative and artistic, with a bookish temperament. He was a leader who made many mistakes, who misjudged his friends and family, but he always seemed to triumph when it mattered. As king, he saved a shattered country from economic ruin, put down rebellions, and secured England’s borders; in foreign diplomacy, he made England a serious player once more. Yet through his conquests in northern France, he sowed the seeds for three generations of calamity at home, in the form of the Wars of the Roses. Henry V is a historical titan whose legacy has become a complicated one. To understand the man behind the legend, Jones first examines Henry’s years of apprenticeship, when he saw the downfall of one king and the turbulent reign of another. Upon his accession in 1413, he had already been politically and militarily active for years, and his extraordinary achievements as king would come shortly after, earning him an unparalleled historical reputation. Writing with his characteristic wit and style, Jones delivers a thrilling and unmissable life of England’s greatest king.

Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest

Author : Agnes Strickland
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 686 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest written by Agnes Strickland and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Queenship, Gender, and Reputation in the Medieval and Early Modern West, 1060-1600

Author : Zita Eva Rohr
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319312839
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (193 download)

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Download or read book Queenship, Gender, and Reputation in the Medieval and Early Modern West, 1060-1600 written by Zita Eva Rohr and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-10-08 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited collection opens new ways to look at queenship in areas and countries not usually studied and reflects the increasingly interdisciplinary work and geographic range of the field. This book is a forerunner in queenship and re-invents the reputations of the women and some of the men. The contributors answers questions about the nature of queenship, reputation of queens, and gender roles in the medieval and early modern west. The essays question the viability of propaganda, gossip, and rumor that still characterizes some queens in modern histories. The wide geographic range covered by the contributors moves queenship studies beyond France and England to understudied places such as Sweden and Hungary. Even the essays on more familiar countries explores areas not usually studied, such as the role of Edward II’s stepmother, Margaret of France in Gaveston’s downfall. The chapters clearly have a common thread and the editors’ summary and description of the collection is valuable in assisting the reader. The collection is divided into two sections “Biography, Gossip, and History” and “Politics, Ambition, and Scandal.” The editors and contributors, including Zita Eva Rohr and Elena Woodacre, are scholars at the top of their field and several and engage and debate with recent scholarship. This collection will appeal internationally to literary scholars and gender studies scholars as well historians interested in the countries included in the collection.

Approaches to Teaching the Works of Christine de Pizan

Author : Andrea Tarnowski
Publisher : Modern Language Association
ISBN 13 : 1603293280
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Approaches to Teaching the Works of Christine de Pizan written by Andrea Tarnowski and published by Modern Language Association. This book was released on 2018-12-01 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A prolific poet and a protofeminist, Christine de Pizan worked within a sophisticated late medieval court culture and formed an identity as an authority on her society's preoccupations with religion, politics, and morality. Her works address various aspects of misogyny, the appropriate actions of rulers, and the ethical framework for social conduct. In addition to gaining a readership in fifteenth-century France, Christine's works influenced writers in Tudor England and were identified by twentieth-century readers as important contributions both to the emergence of a professional literary class and to the intellectual climate that gave rise to early modern Europe. Part 1 of this volume, "Materials," surveys the editions in Middle French, translations into modern French and English, and the many scholarly resources and critical reactions of the past fifty years. Part 2, "Approaches," provides insights into various aspects of Christine's works that can be explored with students, from considerations of genre and form to the themes of virtue, history, and memory. Teachers of French, English, world literature, and women's studies will find useful ideas throughout the volume.

Lives of the queens of England, from the Norman conquest. By A. [and E.] Strickland

Author : Agnes Strickland
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 688 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Lives of the queens of England, from the Norman conquest. By A. [and E.] Strickland written by Agnes Strickland and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest. By Agnes Strickland. ... A New Edition, Carefully Revised and Augmented. In Six Volumes

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Author : Agnes STRICKLAND
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 680 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest. By Agnes Strickland. ... A New Edition, Carefully Revised and Augmented. In Six Volumes written by Agnes STRICKLAND and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

King René D'Anjou and His Seven Queens

Author : Edgcumbe Staley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book King René D'Anjou and His Seven Queens written by Edgcumbe Staley and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Om René I (1409-1480), titulær konge af Neapel, hertug af Lorraine, konge af Sicilien, Katalonien m.v.

Lives of the Queens of England from the Norman Conquest

Author : Agnes Strickland
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3368893629
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (688 download)

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Download or read book Lives of the Queens of England from the Norman Conquest written by Agnes Strickland and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-08-15 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1841.

Fifteenth-Century Studies

Author : Edelgard E. DuBruck
Publisher : Camden House
ISBN 13 : 9781571133779
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (337 download)

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Download or read book Fifteenth-Century Studies written by Edelgard E. DuBruck and published by Camden House. This book was released on 2008 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Articles on drama, letter-writing, Arthurian romances, translation, mythology and folklore, print media, and Pizan, Sachs, Schedel, Chartier, and Henryson. The fifteenth century defies consensus on fundamental issues; most scholars agree, however, that this period outgrew the Middle Ages, that it was a time of transition and a passage to modern times. Founded in 1977 as the publication organ for the Fifteenth-Century Symposia, Fifteenth-Century Studies offers essays on diverse aspects of the fifteenth century, including liberal and fine arts, historiography, medicine, and religion. Following the standard opening article on the current state of fifteenth-century drama research, volume 33 offers essays investigating authors such as Christine de Pizan, Hans Sachs, Hartmann Schedel, Alain Chartier, and Robert Henryson. Genres and themes treated include drama, epistles of persuasion, late Arthurian romances, translations, mythology and folklore, print media, and art appreciation. Alternative interpretations are afforded by Franco Mormando's study of male nakedness and the Franciscans. Twelve book reviews round out the volume. Contributors: Edelgard E. DuBruck, Tracy Adams, Lidia Amor, Roció del Río Fernández, Leonardas Vytautas Gerulaitis, Jonathan Green, Christiane J. Hessler, Ashby Kinch, Franco Mormondo, Alessandra Petrina. Edelgard E. DuBruck is Professor Emerita of French and Humanities at Marygrove College, Detroit, Michigan, and Barbara I. Gusick is Professor Emerita of English atTroy University, Dothan, Alabama.

Beyond Caligari

Author : Uli Jung
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 9781571811561
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (115 download)

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Download or read book Beyond Caligari written by Uli Jung and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 1999 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Documents the work of the often neglected director of the German silent film classic, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. The chapters move chronologically through the different periods of Wiene's career, summarizing and critiquing 90 films he either directed or wrote. Originally published in German, the book includes black and white photographs and a filmography. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Yolande of Aragon (1381-1442) Family and Power

Author : Zita Eva Rohr
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137499133
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (374 download)

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Download or read book Yolande of Aragon (1381-1442) Family and Power written by Zita Eva Rohr and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-29 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yolande of Aragon is one of the most intriguing of late medieval queens who contrived to be everywhere and nowhere, operating seamlessly from backstage and center stage. She is acknowledged as having been shrewd and intelligent - an éminence grise whose political and diplomatic agency secured the throne of France for her son-in-law, Charles VII.

Richard II

Author : Kathryn Warner
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445662795
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book Richard II written by Kathryn Warner and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2017-10-15 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new biography re-examining the complex and fascinating king, whose very humanity saw him deposed from his divine role.