Anne Neville – A woman of “gracious fame” (Part two)
Then life changed on 9 April 1483 when King Edward IV died. He had named Richard Protector on his deathbed, and the new young King […]
Anne Neville
Anne Neville – A woman of “gracious fame” (Part one)
Anne Neville was born on 11 June 1456 as the daughter of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, also known as the Kingmaker, and Anne de […]
Queenship in England: 1308–1485 Gender and Power in the Late Middle Ages by Conor Byrne Book Review
Between 1308 and 1485, nine women were married to kings of England. Their status as queen offered them the opportunity to exercise authority in a […]
Royal Ladies of the Garter
“Honi soit qui mal y pense” (“Shame on him who thinks evil of it.”) The Most Noble Order of the Garter was founded in 1348 […]
On the Trail of the Yorks by Kristie Dean Book Review
As you may have seen, we hosted a day of the blog tour for ‘On the Trail of the Yorks’, by Kristie Dean and now […]
Burial places of the Queens and Consorts of England
Funeral cortege of Elizabeth I of England Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury – Shaftesbury Abbey (Shaftesbury, UK) Ruins Ælfgifu – Winchester Cathedral (Winchester, UK) Elfrida – Wherwell Abbey (Wherwell, UK) […]
