Queens of the Crusades

Release on 2021-02-23 | by Alison Weir

This second volume of Alison Weir’s critically acclaimed history of the queens of medieval England now moves into a period of even higher drama, from 1154 to 1291: years of chivalry and courtly love, dynastic ambition, conflict between ...

Author: Alison Weir
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 9781101966709
Category: Biography & Autobiography
Page: 560
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Queens of the Crusades

Packed with incredible true stories and legendary medieval intrigue, this epic narrative history chronicles the first five queens from the powerful royal family that ruled England and France for over three hundred years. The Plantagenet queens of England played a role in some of the most dramatic events in our history. Crusading queens, queens in rebellion against their king, seductive queens, 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. This second volume of Alison Weir’s critically acclaimed history of the queens of medieval England now moves into a period of even higher drama, from 1154 to 1291: years of chivalry and courtly love, dynastic ambition, conflict between church and throne, baronial wars, and the ruthless interplay between the rival monarchs of Britain and France. We see events such as the murder of Becket, the Magna Carta, and the birth of parliaments from a new perspective. Weir’s narrative begins with the formidable Eleanor of Aquitaine, whose marriage to Henry II established a dynasty that ruled for over three hundred years and created the most powerful empire in western Christendom—but also sowed the seeds for some of the most destructive family conflicts in history and for the collapse, under her son King John, of England’s power in Europe. The lives of Eleanor’s four successors were just as remarkable: Berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard the Lionheart; Isabella of Angoulême, queen of John; Alienor of Provence, queen of Henry III; and finally Eleanor of Castile, the grasping but beloved wife of Edward I. Through the story of these first five Plantagenet queens, Alison Weir provides a fresh, enthralling narrative focusing on these fascinating female monarchs during this dramatic period of high romance and sometimes low politics, with determined women at its heart.

Language: en
Pages: 560

Queens of the Crusades

Authors: Alison Weir

Categories: Biography & Autobiography

Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-02-23 - Publisher: Ballantine Books

Language: en
Pages: 562

Chronicles of the Crusades

Authors: Alison Weir

Categories: Crusades

Type: BOOK - Published: 1888 - Publisher:

Books about Chronicles of the Crusades

Language: en
Pages: 496

Heroines of the Crusades

Authors: Celestia Angenette Bloss

Categories: Crusades

Type: BOOK - Published: 1854 - Publisher:

Books about Heroines of the Crusades

Language: en
Pages:

Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest

Authors: Agnes Strickland

Categories: Great Britain

Type: BOOK - Published: 1893 - Publisher:

Books about Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest

Language: en
Pages:

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

Authors: Agnes STRICKLAND

Categories: Great Britain

Type: BOOK - Published: 1884 - Publisher:

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