Later Plantagenet and the Wars of the Roses Consorts

This book examines the lives and tenures of the consorts of the Plantagenet dynasty during the later Middle Ages, encompassing two major conflicts-the Hundred Years' War and the Wars of the Roses. The figures in this volume include well-known consorts such as the "She Wolves" Isabella of France and Margaret of Anjou, as well as queens who are often overlooked, such as Philippa of Hainault and Joan of Navarre. These innovative and authoritative biographies bring a fresh approach to the consorts of this period-challenging negative perceptions created by complex political circumstances and the narrow expectations of later writers, and demonstrating the breadth of possibilities in later medieval queenship. Their conclusions shed fresh light on both the politics of the day and the wider position of women in this age. This volume and its companions reveal the changing nature of English consortship from the Norman Conquest to today.

Chapter 1: The Later Medieval English Consorts. - Part I: The Consorts of the Hundred Years War. - Chapter 2: The Consorts of the Hundred Years War. - Chapter 3: Isabella of France: She-Wolf and Rebel Queen? . - Chapter 4: Philippa of Hainault: Dignity, Duty, and Display. - Chapter 5: Anne of Bohemia: Overcoming Infertility. - Chapter 6: Isabella of Valois: The Child Queen. - Chapter 7: Joan of Navarre: Beloved Queen and (Step)mother or Unbeloved Witch? . - Chapter 8: Katherine of Valois: The Vicissitudes of Reputation. - Chapter 9: A Dower for Life: Understanding the Dowers of England s Medieval Queens. - Part II: Queens Consort of the Wars of the Roses. - Chapter 10: Queens Consort of the Wars of the Roses. - Chapter 11: English Queenship and the Wars of the Roses. - Chapter 12: Margaret of Anjou: Passionate Mother. - Chapter 13: Elizabeth Woodville: The Knight s Widow. - Chapter 14: Anne Neville: Heiress and Highest Ornament of her House. - Chapter 15: Epilogue: Foreign Women as Consorts.