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Joan, Lady of Wales - Power and Politics of King John's Daughter (Paperback)
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Joan, Lady of Wales - Power and Politics of King John's Daughter (Paperback)
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The history of women in medieval Wales before the English conquest
of 1282 is one largely shrouded in mystery. For the Age of Princes,
an era defined by ever-increased threats of foreign hegemony,
internal dynastic strife and constant warfare, the comings and
goings of women are little noted in sources. This misfortune
touches even the most well-known royal woman of the time, Joan of
England (d. 1237), the wife of Llywelyn the Great of Gwynedd,
illegitimate daughter of King John and half-sister to Henry III.
With evidence of her hand in thwarting a full scale English
invasion of Wales to a notorious scandal that ended with the public
execution of her supposed lover by her husband and her own
imprisonment, Joan's is a known, but little-told or understood
story defined by family turmoil, divided loyalties and political
intrigue. From the time her hand was promised in marriage as the
result of the first Welsh-English alliance in 1201 to the end of
her life, Joan's place in the political wranglings between England
and the Welsh kingdom of Gwynedd was a fundamental one. As the
first woman to be designated Lady of Wales, her role as a political
diplomat in early thirteenth-century Anglo-Welsh relations was
instrumental. This first-ever account of Siwan, as she was known to
the Welsh, interweaves the details of her life and relationships
with a gendered re-assessment of Anglo-Welsh politics by
highlighting her involvement in affairs, discussing events in which
she may well have been involved but have gone unrecorded and her
overall deployment of royal female agency.
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Imprint: |
Pen & Sword History
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
December 2021 |
Authors: |
Danna R Messer
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Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
272 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-5267-9970-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
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LSN: |
1-5267-9970-7 |
Barcode: |
9781526799708 |
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