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Matilda : empress, queen, warrior / Catherine Hanley.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, (c)2019.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 277 pages) : illustrations, portraits, maps, genealogical tablesContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780300245066
Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • DA198 .M385 2019
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
1. The child empress -- 2. Crisis in England -- 3. Heir to the throne -- 4. Usurped -- 5. Return to England -- 6. 1141 : Triumph -- 7. 1141 : Disaster -- 8. A fresh approach -- 9. The new generation -- 10. "The good Matilda" -- Conclusion.
Summary: A life of Matilda--empress, skilled military leader, and one of the greatest figures of the English Middle Ages. Matilda was a daughter, wife, and mother. But she was also empress, heir to the English crown--the first woman ever to hold the position--and an able military general. This new biography explores Matilda's achievements as military and political leader, and sets her life and career in full context. Catherine Hanley provides fresh insight into Matilda's campaign to claim the title of queen, her approach to allied kingdoms and rival rulers, and her role in the succession crisis. Hanley highlights how Matilda fought for the throne, and argues that although she never sat on it herself her reward was to see her son become king. Extraordinarily, her line has continued through every single monarch of England or Britain from that time to the present day.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction -- 1. The child empress -- 2. Crisis in England -- 3. Heir to the throne -- 4. Usurped -- 5. Return to England -- 6. 1141 : Triumph -- 7. 1141 : Disaster -- 8. A fresh approach -- 9. The new generation -- 10. "The good Matilda" -- Conclusion.

A life of Matilda--empress, skilled military leader, and one of the greatest figures of the English Middle Ages. Matilda was a daughter, wife, and mother. But she was also empress, heir to the English crown--the first woman ever to hold the position--and an able military general. This new biography explores Matilda's achievements as military and political leader, and sets her life and career in full context. Catherine Hanley provides fresh insight into Matilda's campaign to claim the title of queen, her approach to allied kingdoms and rival rulers, and her role in the succession crisis. Hanley highlights how Matilda fought for the throne, and argues that although she never sat on it herself her reward was to see her son become king. Extraordinarily, her line has continued through every single monarch of England or Britain from that time to the present day.

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