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Bezig met laden... The King's Mother: Lady Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derbydoor Michael K. Jones
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This is a study of the life of Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII and foundress of two Cambridge colleges. It is at once the first biography of Lady Margaret to explore the full range of archival sources, and one of the best-documented studies of any late-medieval woman. Lady Margaret's early experiences of the medieval 'marriage market' anticipated the turbulent political world in which she reached maturity. Deeply involved in the Wars of the Roses, and conspirator against Richard III, she was to become the foundress of one of England's greatest ruling dynasties. Her considerable wealth, much of it owed to her son's triumph, was used to finance education at Oxford and Cambridge, and her lasting memorials are the Cambridge colleges of Christ's and St John's. Behind her activities as both politician and benefactress can be discerned a vigorous, sometimes ruthless, but always enterprising personality, which left a deep impression on her contemporaries. This is a biography of unusual character which brings to life an extraordinary personality under a great variety of aspects, illuminating in depth the political, social, ecclesiastical and academic history through the life of one of the most remarkable women of the age. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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The work seems fairly even-handed, with the authors both praising and criticizing Margaret. She has always seemed like a rather solitary figure in my reading about the Wars of the Roses, but they point out that her mother had a number of children in the course of her three marriages, and that, given the interest that Margaret took in her half-siblings in later life, they probably formed a supportive family for her.
I think that most people will find some of the chapters a little dry, but the material is certainly invaluable for other historians, and it is easy enough to decide that one does not care who her household officials were and skip that chapter. The book is worthwhile for most people interested in this very popular period, and covers less commonly discussed material. ( )