Daughters of Chivalry: The Forgotten Princesses of King Edward Longshanks
Written by Kelcey Wilson-Lee
Narrated by Christine Rendel
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The lives of these sisters-Eleanora, Joanna, Margaret, Mary, and Elizabeth-ran the gamut of experiences open to royal women in the Middle Ages. 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 favor. But they also skillfully 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 formidable women, seeing them-at long last-shine from out of the shadows, revealing what it was to be a princess in the Age of Chivalry.
Kelcey Wilson-Lee
Kelcey Wilson-Lee is a historian of Britain, its art and its architecture. Educated in New York, Oxford, and London, she has published widely on her academic speciality of medieval material culture. Kelcey has taught courses at Cambridge, London, and the Victoria and Albert Museum, and has written articles for English Heritage and for Country Life magazine. She lives with her husband and two sons, and manages the Regional Philanthropy programme at the University of Cambridge. Daughters of Chivalry is her first book.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Engaging and thorough. Listened with pleasure and learned a lot about the lives of these princess and some specifics of their era.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is a beautiful story and the perfect sequel to Nancy Goldstone's "Four Queens" which is about these sisters grandmother and great aunts. This story is written with lovely passionate and lyrical prose and paints a vivid and captivating portrait full of color and emotion that reaches out across the centuries and grabs you...