Portraits of medieval women : family, marriage, and politics in England, 1255-1350 / Linda E. Mitchell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mitchell, Linda Elizabeth.

Series:

New Middle Ages (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))

New Middle Ages

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--England--History--Middle Ages, 500-1500.

Women.

England.

History.

Women--England--Biography.

England--Social conditions--1066-1485.

Social conditions.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

185 pages : genealogical tables ; 22 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.

Summary:

Although numerous general studies of medieval women and a number of biographies of medieval queens have appeared in recent years, there have been comparatively few studies that combine biographical and prosopographical methodologies in order to develop portraits of specific women as case studies of the different life experiences of medieval women. The individual chapters can be read as separate histories of their specific subjects as well as case studies which together provide a coherent picture of the medieval English noblewoman.

Contents:

2. Agnes and Her Sisters: Squabbling and Cooperation in the Extended Medieval Family 11

3. Like Mother, Like Daughter: The Parallel Careers of Margaret de Quency and Maud de Lacy 29

4. Heroism and Duty: Maud Mortimer of Wigmore's Contributions to the Royalist Cause 43

5. Welshness, Englishness, and the Problem of Dowagers and Heiresses in Wales: The Lestrange Family's Marital Adventures in Powys 57

6. Murderous Maud? The Case Against Maud Mortimer of Richard's Castle 79

7. Isabella de Vescy and the Lords Ordainer: Marital Politics and the Crown, 1272-1327 93

8. Martyr to the Cause: The Tragic Career of Alice de Lacy 105

9 The Rise and Decline of the Medieval English Noble Widow? 125.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [173]-179) and index.

ISBN:

031229297X

OCLC:

52121430