Daughters of Chivalry: The Forgotten Princesses of King Edward Longshanks

Written by Kelcey Wilson-Lee

Narrated by Christine Rendel

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 Edward I, often known as Longshanks.

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.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
• Release date: Apr 12, 2022
• ISBN: 9798765009048

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.

Reviews for Daughters of Chivalry

[Донка Петрова · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Engaging and thorough. Listened with pleasure and learned a lot about the lives of these princess and some specifics of their era.

[Angelika Keil · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This 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...