The Two Isabellas Of King John

Author : Kristen McQuinn
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1526761645

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The Two Isabellas of King John by Kristen McQuinn Pdf

King John of England was married to two women: Isabella of Gloucester and Isabelle of Angoulême. The two women were central to shaping John and his reign, each in her own way molding the king and each other over their lives. Little is known about Isabella of Gloucester and she has largely become an historical footnote; Isabelle of Angoulême has a reputation as a witch and poisoner. However, both were products of their time, victims and pawns of the powerful men whose voices overwrote the experiences of women. By examining these two very different women through a modern feminist lens, The Two Isabellas offers new insight into one of England's lesser-known queens and a different interpretation of one of its least popular kings. In The Two Isabellas of King John, Kristen McQuinn offers new and intriguing insights into two of England's important yet little understood queen-consorts, the wives of King John. Taking a feminist light, McQuinn brightly shines it on both England's least well-known consort, Isabella of Gloucester, his first wife, and one of its least popular, Isabelle of Angoulême, his child bride.

Author : Kristen McQuinn
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781526761651

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The Two Isabellas of King John by Kristen McQuinn Pdf

King John of England was married to two women: Isabella of Gloucester and Isabelle of Angoulême. The two women were central to shaping John and his reign, each in her own way molding the king and each other over their lives. Little is known about Isabella of Gloucester and she has largely become an historical footnote; Isabelle of Angoulême has a reputation as a witch and poisoner. However, both were products of their time, victims and pawns of the powerful men whose voices overwrote the experiences of women. By examining these two very different women through a modern feminist lens, The Two Isabellas offers new insight into one of England’s lesser-known queens and a different interpretation of one of its least popular kings. In The Two Isabellas of King John, Kristen McQuinn offers new and intriguing insights into two of England’s important yet little understood queen-consorts, the wives of King John. Taking a feminist light, McQuinn brightly shines it on both England’s least well-known consort, Isabella of Gloucester, his first wife, and one of its least popular, Isabelle of Angoulême, his child bride.

Author : S. D. Church
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : England
ISBN : 0851159478

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King John by S. D. Church Pdf

The controversial reign of King John is the subject of the essays collected in this book, which offers a challenging reappraisal of a number of its most important aspects.

Author : Rachel Bard
Publisher : Danforth Book Distribution
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2007-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1887542566

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Isabella by Rachel Bard Pdf

In her day the beauteous Isabella of Angouleme was called a Jezebel, a sorceress, an adulteress. As the young bride of King John of England she was charged with seducing John into neglecting his kingly duties. Back in her native land she and her second husband were accused of trying to assassinate the King of France. Now meet the real Isabella, Relive the turbulent twelfth and thirteenth centuries when France and England were struggling for control of western France. You'll encounter kings and queens, popes and prelates, warriors and courtiers who were the power elite of their day. You'll become intimately acquainted with this fascinating and enigmatic woman, prey to strong passions and ambitions, aware of the power of her beauty, willing to dare all in order to be and be seen as queen.

Author : Erica Laine
Publisher : Silverwood Books
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1781324573

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Isabella of Angouleme by Erica Laine Pdf

Set in the thirteenth century, the kingdoms of England and France are struggling over territory as the powerful Angevins threaten the French king. In regions far from Paris local fiefdoms disregard all authority. The Tangled Queen is the story of the little known and very young Isabella of Angouleme who was abducted by King John in 1200. She became his second wife and queen consort, aged 12. He was the most reviled king in English history and his lust for her led to the loss of Normandy and the destruction of the Plantagenet Empire, which then brought about the Magna Carta. Isabella came of age in England, but was denied her place in court. Her story is full of thwarted ambition, passion, pride and cruelty. She longed for power of her own and returned to France after the death of John to live a life of treachery and intrigue..."

Author : Marc Morris
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781605988863

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King John by Marc Morris Pdf

King John is one of those historical characters who needs little in the way of introduction. If readers are not already familiar with him as the tyrant whose misgovernment gave rise to Magna Carta, we remember him as the villain in the stories of Robin Hood. Formidable and cunning, but also cruel, lecherous, treacherous and untrusting. Twelve years into his reign, John was regarded as a powerful king within the British Isles. But despite this immense early success, when he finally crosses to France to recover his lost empire, he meets with disaster. John returns home penniless to face a tide of criticism about his unjust rule. The result is Magna Carta – a ground-breaking document in posterity, but a worthless piece of parchment in 1215, since John had no intention of honoring it. Like all great tragedies, the world can only be put to rights by the tyrant’s death. John finally obliges at Newark Castle in October 1216, dying of dysentery as a great gale howls up the valley of the Trent.

Author : Julia A Hickey
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2022-12-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781399081955

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Medieval Royal Mistresses by Julia A Hickey Pdf

Marriage for Medieval kings was about politics, power and the provision of legitimate heirs. Mistresses were about love, lust and possession. It was a world that included kidnap, poison, murder, violation, public shaming and accusations of witchcraft. Ambition and quick wits as well as beauty were essential attributes for any royal mistress. Infamy, assassination and imprisonment awaited some royal mistresses who tumbled from favour while others disappeared into obscurity or respectable lives as married women and were quickly forgotten. Meet Nest of Wales, born in turbulent times, whose abduction started a war; Alice Perrers and Jane Shore labelled ‘whores’ and ‘wantons’; Katherine Swynford who turned the medieval world upside down with a royal happy-ever-after and Rosamund Clifford who left history and stepped into legend. Discover how serial royal womanisers married off their discarded mistresses to bind their allies close. Explore the semi-official roles of some mistresses; the illegitimate children who became kings; secret marriage ceremonies; Edith Forne Sigulfson and Lady Eleanor Talbot who sought atonement through religion as well as the aristocratic women who became the victims of royal lust. Most of the shameful women who shared the beds of medieval kings were silenced, besmirched or consigned to the footnotes of a patriarchal worldview but they negotiated paths between the private and public spheres of medieval court life - changing history as they went.

Author : Alison Weir
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2006-12-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780345497062

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Queen Isabella by Alison Weir Pdf

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Alison Weir's Mary Boleyn. In this vibrant biography, acclaimed author Alison Weir reexamines the life of Isabella of England, one of history’s most notorious and charismatic queens. Isabella arrived in London in 1308, the spirited twelve-year-old daughter of King Philip IV of France. Her marriage to the heir to England’s throne was designed to heal old political wounds between the two countries, and in the years that followed she became an important figure, a determined and clever woman whose influence would come to last centuries. Many myths and legends have been woven around Isabella’s story, but in this first full biography in more than 150 years, Alison Weir gives a groundbreaking new perspective.

Author : Kathryn Warner
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781445647418

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Isabella of France by Kathryn Warner Pdf

The fascinating story of the exceptional woman who wrested power from Edward II and changed the course of English history

Author : Trade Board of
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1866
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555078057

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The Mercantile navy list. 1848 [4 issues], 49 [2 issues], 50-53,57-61,64-71,80,81,92-1939 by Trade Board of Pdf

Author : Erica Lainé
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : France
ISBN : 1781327351

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Isabella of Angouleme: Part 3 3 by Erica Lainé Pdf

Author : Beverley Fleet
Publisher : Genealogical Publishing Com
Page : 1454 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Genealogy
ISBN : 9780806311951

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Virginia Colonial Abstracts by Beverley Fleet Pdf

"In this reprint edition the contents [of the original 34 volumes] have been rearranged, re-typed, and consolidated in three hardcover volumes, each with its own master index."--Title page verso.

Author : Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 864 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015019364150

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Report and Transactions - The Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art by Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art Pdf

List of members in each volume.

Author : Janice North,Karl C. Alvestad,Elena Woodacre
Publisher : Springer
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9783319687711

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Premodern Rulers and Postmodern Viewers by Janice North,Karl C. Alvestad,Elena Woodacre Pdf

Pop culture portrayals of medieval and early modern monarchs are rife with tension between authenticity and modern mores, producing anachronisms such as a feminist Queen Isabel (in RTVE’s Isabel) and a lesbian Queen Christina (in The Girl King). This book examines these anachronisms as a dialogue between premodern and postmodern ideas about gender and sexuality, raising questions of intertemporality, the interpretation of history, and the dangers of presentism. Covering a range of famous and lesser-known European monarchs on screen, from Elizabeth I to Muhammad XII of Granada, this book addresses how the lives of powerful women and men have been mythologized in order to appeal to today’s audiences. The contributors interrogate exactly what is at stake in these portrayals; namely, our understanding of premodern rulers, the gender and sexual ideologies they navigated, and those that we navigate today.

Author : Alison Weir
Publisher : Random House
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 9780099578390

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Isabella by Alison Weir Pdf

Weir revisits the life of Isabella, Edward II's Queen. A pawn in 14th century European politics she was married to Edward at the age of 12 and so began a turbulent and eventful life.