Joan, the fair maid of Kent : a fourteenth-century princess and her world
Goodman, Anthony, 1936-2017
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Joan Plantagenet (1328-1385), acclaimed in her youth as the 'Fair Maid of Kent', became notorious for making both a clandestine and a bigamous marriage in her teens and, in her thirties, a scandalous marriage to her kinsman, Edward III's son and heir, Edward of Woodstock, the Black Prince. Despite these transgressions, she later became one of the most influential people in the realm and a highly respected source of stability. Her life provides a distinctive perspective of a noblewoman at the heart of affairs in fourteenth-century England, a period when the Crown, despite enjoying some striking triumphs, also faced a series of political and social crises which shook conventional expectations.
Main title:
Joan, the fair maid of Kent : a fourteenth-century princess and her world / Anthony Goodman.
Author:
Goodman, Anthony, 1936-, author
Imprint:
Martlesham : The Boydell Press, 2017.
Collation:
232 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9781783271764 (hbk)
Dewey class:
942.037092
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2508715