Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, 1473-1541 : loyalty, lineage and leadership / Hazel Pierce.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pierce, Hazel, 1964-

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Salisbury, Margaret Pole, Countess of, 1473-1541.

Salisbury, Margaret Pole.

Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547--Relations with nobility.

Henry.

Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547.

Nobility.

History.

Women.

Relations with nobility.

Great Britain--History--Henry VIII, 1509-1547--Biography.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--History--Henry VII, 1485-1509--Biography.

Women--Great Britain--History--Renaissance, 1450-1600.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1509-1547.

Politics and government.

Nobility--Great Britain--History--16th century.

Christian martyrs--Great Britain--Biography.

Christian martyrs.

Nobility--Great Britain--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

ix, 273 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2003.

Summary:

Born in 1473, Margaret Pole was the daughter of George, Duke of Clarence, niece of both Edward IV and Richard III, and the only woman, apart from Anne Boleyn, to hold a peerage title in her own right during the 16th century. This biography of one of the most significant female figures in the male-dominated world of Tudor politics presents the life and culture of this propertied, titled lady against the social and political background of late Yorkist and early Tudor Britain. New research on aristocratic life and court politics in the period, including a complete reappraisal of the Exeter conspiracy, is presented.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [231]-252) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

0708317839

OCLC:

52116094