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The Empress Matilda Papeback -
by Marjorie Chibnall
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- Title The Empress Matilda
- Author Marjorie Chibnall
- Binding Papeback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition New
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Blackwell Publishing , Oxford
- Date pp. 252
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 6368504
- ISBN 9780631190288 / 0631190287
- Weight 0.82 lbs (0.37 kg)
- Dimensions 8.97 x 5.98 x 0.74 in (22.78 x 15.19 x 1.88 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: British
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 91012692
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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From the rear cover
Granddaughter of William the Conqueror and of King Malcolm of the Scots, and daughter of Henry I, Matilda fought for the throne of England, arguably hers by right, for nine years, and was denied it largely because she was a woman. Contemporary chroniclers said of her that she was "always superior to feminine softness and with a mind steeled and unbroken in adversity". Most of the serious work on her extraordinary, action-packed life and historical importance lies in untranslated German studies of the last century. In this book Marjorie Chibnall examines her career as a whole, as King Henry's daughter, as the wife and consort of Emperor Henry V, as Countess of Anjou after the emperor's death, and as regent for her son, Henry II. An outstanding biography, pieced together from archival sources all over Europe, it is of value and interest both to scholars and the general reader.