Author: Lisa Benz St. John

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2012-06-04

Total Pages: 394

ISBN-13: 113709432X

This book is an innovative study offering the first examination of how three fourteenth-century English queens, Margaret of France, Isabella of France, and Philippa of Hainault, exercised power and authority. It frames its analysis around four major themes: gender; status; the concept of the crown; and power and authority.