The Empress Matilda: Queen Consort, Queen Mother and Lady of the English
This is the first comprehensive and fully documented study of the Empress Matilda to be published in English. Much of the serious work on her life and historical importance has never been translated from German, and almost all has concentrated on the years of her struggle with Stephen for the...
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This is the first comprehensive and fully documented study of the Empress Matilda to be published in English. Much of the serious work on her life and historical importance has never been translated from German, and almost all has concentrated on the years of her struggle with Stephen for the English crown. This book examines her career as a whole, including the years as consort of the Emperor Henry V and as regent in Normandy for her son Henry II. It illustrates the problems of female succession in the early twelfth century, and gives a balanced assessment of Matilda's character and achievements in the context of her own times.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780631190288 (0631190287)
Publish date: October 8th 1993
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Pages no: 252
Edition language: English
A well rounded biography I had heard of The Anarchy before reading this book, and I knew the cliff notes version of the battle between Stephen and Matilda for the English Crown. However it wasn't until I read The Empress Matilda that I got a fuller view of the conflict and the woman who was centra...
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