UID:
almafu_9960118919602883
Format:
1 online resource (xv, 276 pages) :
,
digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-80010-081-7
,
1-80010-096-5
Series Statement:
Irish historical monograph series
Content:
An in-depth analysis of the key contribution made by the women members of this important ruling family in maintaining and advancing the family's political, landed, economic, social and religious interests.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 26 Mar 2021).
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Aristocratic women's lives in late medieval and early modern Western Europe -- The Ormond women through the Wars of the Roses and immediate aftermath : marriage, absenteeism and illegitimacy -- New beginnings : the heiresses, the usurper and royal intervention - the succession of Margaret and Anne Butler -- Dynastic consolidation and female political entity : Margaret Fitzgerald, Countess of Ormond and Ossory (1472-1542) -- Family, marriage and politics : the six daughters of Margaret Fitzgerald and Piers Butler and the ongoing revival of the earldom in the sixteenth century -- 'You have too piteous a face to be a warrior' : Joan Fitzgerald, Countess of Ormond, Ossory and Desmond - agent, peace broker, advocate -- Black Tom's women : unions, succession and decline.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-78327-593-6
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9781800100961
URL:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781800100961/type/BOOK
