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The Resource Queens of the Crusades : England's medieval queens, 1154-1291, Alison Weir

Queens of the Crusades : England's medieval queens, 1154-1291, Alison Weir

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Queens of the Crusades : England's medieval queens, 1154-1291
Title
Queens of the Crusades
Title remainder
England's medieval queens, 1154-1291
Statement of responsibility
Alison Weir
Title variation
England's medieval queens
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eng
Summary
"Packed with incredible true stories and legendary medieval intrigue, this epic narrative history chronicles the first five queens from the powerful royal family that ruled England and France for over three hundred years. This remarkable recreation of the action-packed century that saw the murder of Thomas Becket and the signing of the Magna Carta covers the lives and reigns of the first five Plantagenet queens, who ruled England and France throughout the bloody 1200s, a particularly dramatic and violent period of European history. Wars, crusades, treachery, murder, passion, and the interplay between rival monarchs of Britain and France provide a surprising picture of these five ambitious women and their struggle for power. The queens covered in the book are Eleanor of Aquitaine, Berengaria of Navarre, Isabella of Angouleme, Alienor of Provence and Eleanor of Castile. One of these queens became legendary when, accompanying her husband on crusade, she saved his life by sucking the blood from his poisoned-arrow wound. Equally intriguing are the descriptions of their marriages, including one that was extremely tempestuous, and one that was a love match turned sour when the jealous husband discovered his queen's infidelity and retaliated by killing her lovers and hanging their bodies from the canopy of her bed. This second volume of historian Alison Weir's critically acclaimed Medieval Queens series brings these unfamiliar, fascinating royals to life, demonstrating how very much they resemble self-determining women of our own time"--
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collective biography
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1951-
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Weir, Alison
Dewey number
942.03092/52
Index
index present
LC call number
DA28.2
LC item number
.W453 2020
Literary form
non fiction
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bibliography
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1951-
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Weir, Alison
Series statement
England's medieval queens
Series volume
Book two
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  • Eleanor
  • Berengaria
  • Isabella
  • Eleanor
  • Eleanor
  • Queens
  • Monarchy
  • Monarchy
  • Great Britain
  • Plantagenet, House of
Label
Queens of the Crusades : England's medieval queens, 1154-1291, Alison Weir
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Note
Book one titled Queens of the conquest
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
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text
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  • txt
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rdacontent
Contents
Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen of Henry II -- Berengaria of Navarre, Queen of Richard I -- Isabella of Angoulême, Queen of King John -- Alienor of Provence, Queen of Henry III -- Eleanor of Castile, Queen of Edward I
Control code
on1183398957
Dimensions
25 cm.
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xxi, 533 pages
Isbn
9781101966693
Lccn
2020034731
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
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  • n
Other physical details
illustrations (chiefly color)
System control number
(OCoLC)1183398957
Label
Queens of the Crusades : England's medieval queens, 1154-1291, Alison Weir
Publication
Note
Book one titled Queens of the conquest
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen of Henry II -- Berengaria of Navarre, Queen of Richard I -- Isabella of Angoulême, Queen of King John -- Alienor of Provence, Queen of Henry III -- Eleanor of Castile, Queen of Edward I
Control code
on1183398957
Dimensions
25 cm.
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xxi, 533 pages
Isbn
9781101966693
Lccn
2020034731
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations (chiefly color)
System control number
(OCoLC)1183398957

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