A Mediaeval Princess
Author | : Ruth Putnam |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 436 |
Release | : 1904 |
Genre | : Netherlands |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Ruth Putnam |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 436 |
Release | : 1904 |
Genre | : Netherlands |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Bridget Heos |
Publisher | : Henry Holt and Company (BYR) |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 2017-03-21 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 125015751X |
Did you ever wish to be a princess? Have you ever wanted to wear a pretty pink gown, sing to your forest animal friends, and attend a fancy fairy-tale ball? Then meet Beatrice—she represents what being a princess in the Middle Ages was really like. Pink gown? More like itchy wool! Sing to animals? Think archery and horseback riding instead. Beatrice’s life is no fairy tale, but she will show you that fact can sometimes be more fascinating than fantasy. This humorous, brightly illustrated book offers an irresistible comparison of fairy tale vs. real life in medieval times.
Author | : Carol Townend |
Publisher | : Harlequin |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 2018-05-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1488086710 |
A princess captive in the tower… A Spanish knight who can set her free! In this Princesses of the Alhambra story, meet Princess Leonor, who can’t escape her tyrannical sultan father. For Spanish knight Count Rodrigo, her innocence—and beauty—tug at his sense of honor. He will lay down his life to protect her…but the risks are great: she is the daughter of his sworn enemy!
Author | : Mary Taylor Simeti |
Publisher | : Orion |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Civilization, Medieval |
ISBN | : 9780297607953 |
Living in the second half of the twelfth century, Princess Constance of Hauteville was both witness and protagonist in what could be considered the most exciting period in medieval history. There had been a remarkable growth in the population and in the economy of western Europe and a consequent expansion of cities and commerce. With the support of the secular rulers and the Church, Knighthood had been institutionalised and the Courtly Love school of poetry was born. In 1185, the 32 year old Constance of Sicily, a princess with the most magnificent dowry Europe has ever seen, was betrothed to the 21 year old Henry, cold-hearted son of the great German Emperor, Frederick Barbarossa. Eight years later, the Sicilian throne lies empty and Henry and Constance (pregnant for the first time at 40) travel south to stake their claim against the usurper, Tancredi's family. It is this journey that Taylor Simeti retraces, along the way contrasting medieval society with modern, capturing what the life of the medieval queen must have been like, exploring the idea of travel and pilgrimage, and expressing, above all, a deep empathy for her subject. This is a reflexive, imaginative and entertaining account of Constance's life and travels.
Author | : Tom Tierney |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 54 |
Release | : 1998-01-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780486401447 |
Illustrations portray people from every class of society, from farmers to courtiers.
Author | : Claire Delacroix |
Publisher | : Deborah A. Cooke |
Total Pages | : 432 |
Release | : |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1988479193 |
Author | : Marcelle Thi Baux |
Publisher | : WestBow Press |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2012-04 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1449737684 |
In a vaulted chamber on the Danube, a radiant medieval princess bargains with God. How can she defy the conqueror Ottakar of Bohemia? He loves her. He's entranced by her heroic sanctity and he wants this glorious, headstrong girl for his queen. Willful Margit refuses him and scorns her regal duties. She wears her sumptuous gowns to rags, vowing to live as a penitent and the Hungarian kingdom's spiritual defender. Meanwhile the beguiling Princess Cunegonda, a widow of fifteen, covets the handsome warrior prince and makes a fervent bid for him. The two impetuous royal girls and the ambitious crusader hero are caught up in an unexpected triangle. One princess is consumed by divine ardor, the other is inflamed by songs of the silken dalliances of courtly love. The valiant Bohemian loves both enchanting girls in turn, and confronts his destiny. A riveting historical romance springing from fact and legend, Unruly Princess weaves a tale of passion and politics, spiked by warfare, wooing and wedding.
Author | : Penny Lawne |
Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | : 662 |
Release | : 2015-02-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1445644711 |
The story of the beautiful wife of the Black Prince and mother of Richard II.
Author | : Christine de Pizan |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 2003-10-30 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 0141961015 |
Written by Europe’s first professional woman writer, The Treasure of the City of Ladies offers advice and guidance to women of all ages and from all levels of medieval society, from royal courtiers to prostitutes. It paints an intricate picture of daily life in the courts and streets of fifteenth-century France and gives a fascinating glimpse into the practical considerations of running a household, dressing appropriately and maintaining a reputation in all circumstances. Christine de Pizan’s book provides a valuable counterbalance to male accounts of life in the middle ages and demonstrates, often with dry humour, how a woman’s position in society could be made less precarious by following the correct etiquette.
Author | : Kelcey Wilson-Lee |
Publisher | : Picador |
Total Pages | : 343 |
Release | : 2019-03-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1760785938 |
Virginal, chaste, humble, patiently waiting for rescue by brave knights and handsome princes: this idealized – and largely mythical – notion of the medieval noblewoman still lingers. Yet the reality was very different, as Kelcey Wilson-Lee shows in this vibrant account of the five daughters of the great English king, Edward I. The lives of these sisters – Eleanora, Joanna, Margaret, Mary and Elizabeth – ran the full gamut of experiences open to royal women in the Middle Ages. Living as they did in a courtly culture founded on romantic longing and brilliant pageantry, they knew that a princess was to be chaste yet a mother to many children, preferably sons, meek yet able to influence a recalcitrant husband or even command a host of men-at-arms. Edward’s daughters were of course expected to cement alliances and secure lands and territory by making great dynastic marriages, or endow religious houses with royal favour. But they also skilfully managed enormous households, navigated choppy diplomatic waters and promoted their family’s cause throughout Europe – and had the courage to defy their royal father. They might never wear the crown in their own right, but they were utterly confident of their crucial role in the spectacle of medieval kingship. Drawing on a wide range of contemporary sources, Daughters of Chivalry offers a rich portrait of these spirited Plantagenet women. With their libraries of beautifully illustrated psalters and tales of romance, their rich silks and gleaming jewels, we follow these formidable women throughout their lives and see them – at long last – shine from out of the shadows, revealing what it was to be a princess in the Age of Chivalry.