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Chargement... Berengaria: In Search of Richard the Lionheart's Queenpar Ann Trindade
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. This is a biography that's not a biography: an attempt to reclaim something of the history of Berengaria of Navarre, wife and widow of Richard the Lionheart, despite the paucity of contemporary sources about her. It's a difficult task to attempt, and Trindade does her best with what she has, sketching out the world of women in twelfth century western Europe without claiming that this allows us to do more than suggest what the course of Berengaria's life might have been. It's a brief work, but refreshingly lacking in 'must haves', my pet peeve in historical biographies. ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Richard the Lionheart is one of the most famous of medieval heros, but what is known about the young woman he married, in Cyprus in May 1191, on the way to the Third Crusade? History has marginalized her, and popular tradition has all but overlooked her but the early sources, sparse though they are, reveal a woman of remarkable courage and tenacity who endured loneliness and hostility both as a queen consort and during her long years of widowhood. Her life tells us much about the fortunes of women in a male-dominated era and the role of a queen in the struggle between England and France at the time. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)941.032092History and Geography Europe British Isles Historical periods of British Isles 1154-1399 Period of House of PlantagenetClassification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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