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The letters of Margaret of Anjou /

Margaret of Anjou remains a figure of controversy. As wife to the weak King Henry VI, she was on the losing side in the first phase of the Wars of the Roses. Yorkist propaganda vilifying Margaret was consolidated by Shakespeare. His portrait of a warlike and vengeful queen, "a tiger's hear...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Margaret, of Anjou, Queen, consort of Henry VI, King of England, 1430-1482 (Author)
Other Authors: Maurer, Helen E., 1942- (Editor), Cron, B. M. (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, New York : Boydell Press, 2019.
Subjects:
Margaret, > of Anjou, Queen, consort of Henry VI, King of England, > 1430-1482 > Correspondence.
Queens > Great Britain > Biography > Correspondence.
Great Britain > History > Henry VI, 1422-1461.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Matchmaker
  • Holy orders
  • Position wanted
  • Business interests
  • Protector and peacemaker
  • Money matters
  • Belief and benevolence
  • The Queen's disport
  • En Famille
  • Queen consort
  • Lancastrian Queen
  • Queen beyond the sea.