'My lady queen, the lord of the manor': The economic roles of late medieval queens

Title: 'My lady queen, the lord of the manor': The economic roles of late medieval queens
Creator: Seah, Michele
Relation: Parergon Vol. 37, Issue 2, p. 9-36
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/pgn.2020.0060
Publisher: Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2021
Description: Medieval queens have tended to be represented as royal wives and mothers, with little consideration for other aspects of their lives, especially the economic aspect. This article addresses this gap for medieval English queens by focusing on the economic roles of two later fifteenth-century queens consort, Margaret of Anjou and Elizabeth Woodville. It argues that these queens were actively engaged in their roles as landholders and administrators and that we cannot fully understand their lives and positions without considering those roles. In doing so, it demonstrates the significance of including the economic perspective in any representation of medieval queens.
Subject: medieval English queens; economic roles; landholders; economic perspective
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1449695
Identifier: uon:43730
Identifier: ISSN:0313-6221
Language: eng
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