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Daughters of Chivalry - The Forgotten Children of Edward I (Hardcover)
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Daughters of Chivalry - The Forgotten Children of Edward I (Hardcover)
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'A stunning and intricately researched portrayal of five
extraordinary women whose stories have until now remained in the
shadows. The author shatters many of the myths surrounding the
lives of medieval princesses and brings them to life in all their
startling modernity.' Tracy Borman, author of The Private Lives of
the Tudors and Thomas Cromwell Virginal, chaste, humble, patiently
waiting for rescue by brave knights and handsome princes: this
idealized - and largely mythical - notion of the medieval
noblewoman still lingers. Yet the reality was very different, as
Kelcey Wilson-Lee shows in this vibrant account of the five
daughters of the great English king, Edward I. The lives of these
sisters - Eleanora, Joanna, Margaret, Mary and Elizabeth - ran the
full gamut of experiences open to royal women in the Middle Ages.
Living as they did in a courtly culture founded on romantic longing
and brilliant pageantry, they knew that a princess was to be chaste
yet a mother to many children, preferably sons, meek yet able to
influence a recalcitrant husband or even command a host of
men-at-arms. Edward's daughters were of course expected to cement
alliances and secure lands and territory by making great dynastic
marriages, or endow religious houses with royal favour. But they
also skilfully managed enormous households, navigated choppy
diplomatic waters and promoted their family's cause throughout
Europe - and had the courage to defy their royal father. They might
never wear the crown in their own right, but they were utterly
confident of their crucial role in the spectacle of medieval
kingship. Drawing on a wide range of contemporary sources,
Daughters of Chivalry offers a rich portrait of these spirited
Plantagenet women. With their libraries of beautifully illustrated
psalters and tales of romance, their rich silks and gleaming
jewels, we follow these formidable women throughout their lives and
see them - at long last - shine from out of the shadows, revealing
what it was to be a princess in the Age of Chivalry.
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