She Wolves: The Notorious Queens of England (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780750947350)

This history deals with the bad girls of England's medieval royal dynasties, the queens who earned themselves a notorious reputation. Some of them are well known and have been the subject of biography--Eleanor of Aquitaine, Emma of Normandy, Isabella of France, and Anne Boleyn, for example--while others have not been written about outside academic journals. The appeal of these notorious queens, apart from their shared taste for witchcraft, murder, adultery, and incest, is that because they were notorious they attracted a great deal of attention during their lifetimes. This study reveals much about the role of the medieval queen and the evolution of the role that led, ultimately, to the reign of Elizabeth I and a new concept of queenship.

Author: Elizabeth Norton
ISBN-10: 0750947357
ISBN-13: 9780750947350
Publisher: Sutton
Language: English
Published: 05/01/2008
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.20d