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She-Wolves When Edward VI - Henry VIII's longed-for son - died in 1553, extraordinarily, there was no one left to claim the title King of England. For the first time, all the contenders for the crown were female. In 1553, England was about to experience the monstrous regiment - the unnatural rule - of a woman. Full descriptionRead More

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    When Edward VI - Henry VIII's longed-for son - died in 1553 extraordinarily there was no one left to claim the title King of England. For the first time all the contenders for the crown were female. In 1553 England was about to experience the 'monstrous regiment' - the unnatural rule - of a woman. But female rule in England also had a past. Four hundred years before Edward's death Matilda daughter of Henry I and granddaughter of William the Conquerer came tantalisingly close to securing her hold on the power of the crown. And between the 12th and the 15th centuries three more exceptional women - Eleanor of Aquitaine Isabella of France and Margaret of Anjou - discovered as queens consort and dowager how much was possible if the presumptions of male rule were not confronted so explicitly. The stories of these women - told here in all their vivid humanity - illustrate the paradox which the female heirs to the Tudor throne had no choice but to negotiate. Man was the head of woman; and the king was the head of all. How then could a woman be king how could royal power lie in female hands? ;

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    In medieval England, man was the ruler of woman, and the King was the ruler of all. How, then, could royal power lie in female hands?In She-Wolves, celebrated historian, Helen Castor, tells the dramatic and fascinating stories of four exceptional women who, while never reigning queens, held great power: Matilda, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Isabella of France and Margaret of Anjou. These were women who paved the way for Jane Grey, Mary Tudor and Elizabeth I - the Tudor queens who finally confronted what it meant to be a female monarch.

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    She-Wolves : Paperback : Faber & Faber : 9780571237067 : 0571237061 : 07 Jul 2011 : How, then, could royal power lie in female hands? In She-Wolves, celebrated historian, Helen Castor, tells the dramatic and fascinating stories of four exceptional women who, while never reigning queens, held great power: Matilda, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Isabella of France and Margaret of Anjou.

  • 0571237061
  • 9780571237067
  • Helen Castor
  • 7 July 2011
  • Faber & Faber
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 496
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