Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 14953
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Downie , Fiona.
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  • Title: And They Lived Happily Ever After? Medieval Queenship and Marriage in Scotland, 1424-1449 [The author explores the training and roles of queens, both women married to Scottish kings and Scottish princesses married to foreign rulers. Women discussed include Joan Beaufort, Mary of Guelders, and the daughters of James I, Margaret, Isabella, Mary, Annabella, Eleanor, and Johanna. The author argues that political alliances were often a failure, but that marriage created a communications network based on family ties. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
  • Source: Gendering Scottish History: An International Approach.  Edited by Terry Brotherstone, Deborah Simonton, and Oonagh WalshMackie Occasional Colloquia Series.  Cruithne Press, 1999.  Pages 129 - 141.
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  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Diplomacy Education Family Marriage Noble Women Politics Princesses Queens Scotland
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  • Geographic Area: British Isles
  • Century: 15
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  • Year of Publication: 1999.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: Not Available