Bibliograph

Queens of the conquest, Alison Weir

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Queens of the conquest, Alison Weir

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Queens of the conquest

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

1004829114

Responsibility statement

Alison Weir

Series statement

England's medieval queens, bk. 1

Summary

"Spanning the years from the Norman conquest in 1066 to the dawn of a new era in 1154, when Henry II succeeded to the throne and Eleanor of Aquitaine, the first Plantagenet queen, was crowned, this ... book brings to ... life five women, including Matilda of Flanders, wife of William the Conqueror, the first Norman king; Matilda of Scotland, revered as the common mother of all England; and Empress Maud, England's first female ruler, whose son King Henry II would go on to found the Plantagenet dynasty"--Amazon.com

Table Of Contents

Matilda of Flanders -- Matilda of Scotland -- Adeliza of Louvain -- Matilda of Boulogne, Queen of King Stephen, and the Empress Maud, Lady of the English -- The Empress Maud

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