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Cecily Duchess of York / J.L. Laynesmith.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781474272278
  • 1474272274
  • 9781474272261
  • 1474272266
  • 9781474272285
  • 1474272282
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Cecily Duchess of York.DDC classification:
  • 942.04092 23
LOC classification:
  • DA247.Y67
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustration; Acknowledgements; Author's Note; Abbreviations; Genealogies; Introduction; Rewriting Cecily's story; 1 Daughter of Lancaster: 1415-1425; Birth and baptism; Family; Upbringing; Christian education; Her mother's daughter; Matchmaking; 2 Becoming a Duchess: 1425-1438; Wife of a royal ward; Becoming a courtier; The indults; An early painting of Cecily; Adulthood begins; Homes and castles; Governor of English France; 3 Motherhood Begins: 1439-1449; Anne of Fotheringhay; Preparations for France; Henry of Hatfield; Rouen.
The downfall of Eleanor duchess of GloucesterEdward of Rouen; Edmund of Rouen; The coming of the queen; Marriage plans; The calm before the storm; The death of Humphrey duke of Gloucester; Literary patronage; 4 The Wheel of Fortune: 1449-1459; Departure; Arrival; Rise and fall; Godmother to Warwick's daughter; The birth of Richard III; Women's talk; The madness of King Henry VI; The second protectorate and its aftermath; Caister; Elizabeth's marriage; 5 A Paper Crown: 1459-1460; Humiliation at Ludlow; The Coventry Parliament; A traitor's wife; The road to Northampton; Reunions.
Queen in waitingWakefield; 6 Her First Year of Widowhood: 1461; The second battle of St Albans and its aftermath; King's representative; Establishing the new regime; The role of king's mother; Religious activity; Early days as king's mother; Christmas 1461; 7 The King's Mother: 1461-1464; Securing the throne 1462-1464; Travelling as king's mother; Seals and signatures; The household of the king's mother; Estate management; Patronage; 8 Wife of the Rightful Inheritor: 1464-1471; News of Edward's marriage; Cecily as mother-.in-law; 'Wife of the rightful inheritor'; Business as usual.
Cecily and the wool tradeWarwick's first rebellion; The rebellion in Lincolnshire; The readeption; 9 Queen of Right: 1471-1478; The aftermath of the readeption; The household at Berkhamsted; Administration; Religious patronage; Heavenly treasures; Family matters; The fall of Clarence; 10 The End of the House of York: 1478-1485; Dealings with the duke of Suffolk; Family reunions; Piety; The end of Edward's reign; The crisis of 1483; Allegations of adultery; 'Buckingham's rebellion'; The new regime; 11 The Queen's Grandmother: 1485-1495; After Bosworth; Responding to the Tudor victory.
The Perkin Warbeck conspiracyDaily life at Berkhamsted; 'The house of the right excellent Princesse Cecill'85; Cecily's books; Death; Conclusion; Notes; Introduction; 1 Daughter of Lancaster: 1415- 1425; 2 Becoming a Duchess: 1425- 1438; 3 Motherhood Begins: 1439- 1449; 4 The Wheel of Fortune: 1449- 1459; 5 A Paper Crown: 1459- 1460; 6 Her First Year of Widowhood: 1461; 7 The King's Mother: 1461- 1464; 8 Wife of the Rightful Inheritor: 1464- 1471; 9 Queen of Right: 1471- 1478; 10 The End of the House of York: 1478- 1485; 11 The Queen's Grandmother: 1485- 1495; Conclusion; Select Bibliography.
Summary: "A thoroughly researched re-examination of the life of Cecily duchess of York, from 1415 to 1495"--Provided by publisher
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustration; Acknowledgements; Author's Note; Abbreviations; Genealogies; Introduction; Rewriting Cecily's story; 1 Daughter of Lancaster: 1415-1425; Birth and baptism; Family; Upbringing; Christian education; Her mother's daughter; Matchmaking; 2 Becoming a Duchess: 1425-1438; Wife of a royal ward; Becoming a courtier; The indults; An early painting of Cecily; Adulthood begins; Homes and castles; Governor of English France; 3 Motherhood Begins: 1439-1449; Anne of Fotheringhay; Preparations for France; Henry of Hatfield; Rouen.

The downfall of Eleanor duchess of GloucesterEdward of Rouen; Edmund of Rouen; The coming of the queen; Marriage plans; The calm before the storm; The death of Humphrey duke of Gloucester; Literary patronage; 4 The Wheel of Fortune: 1449-1459; Departure; Arrival; Rise and fall; Godmother to Warwick's daughter; The birth of Richard III; Women's talk; The madness of King Henry VI; The second protectorate and its aftermath; Caister; Elizabeth's marriage; 5 A Paper Crown: 1459-1460; Humiliation at Ludlow; The Coventry Parliament; A traitor's wife; The road to Northampton; Reunions.

Queen in waitingWakefield; 6 Her First Year of Widowhood: 1461; The second battle of St Albans and its aftermath; King's representative; Establishing the new regime; The role of king's mother; Religious activity; Early days as king's mother; Christmas 1461; 7 The King's Mother: 1461-1464; Securing the throne 1462-1464; Travelling as king's mother; Seals and signatures; The household of the king's mother; Estate management; Patronage; 8 Wife of the Rightful Inheritor: 1464-1471; News of Edward's marriage; Cecily as mother-.in-law; 'Wife of the rightful inheritor'; Business as usual.

Cecily and the wool tradeWarwick's first rebellion; The rebellion in Lincolnshire; The readeption; 9 Queen of Right: 1471-1478; The aftermath of the readeption; The household at Berkhamsted; Administration; Religious patronage; Heavenly treasures; Family matters; The fall of Clarence; 10 The End of the House of York: 1478-1485; Dealings with the duke of Suffolk; Family reunions; Piety; The end of Edward's reign; The crisis of 1483; Allegations of adultery; 'Buckingham's rebellion'; The new regime; 11 The Queen's Grandmother: 1485-1495; After Bosworth; Responding to the Tudor victory.

The Perkin Warbeck conspiracyDaily life at Berkhamsted; 'The house of the right excellent Princesse Cecill'85; Cecily's books; Death; Conclusion; Notes; Introduction; 1 Daughter of Lancaster: 1415- 1425; 2 Becoming a Duchess: 1425- 1438; 3 Motherhood Begins: 1439- 1449; 4 The Wheel of Fortune: 1449- 1459; 5 A Paper Crown: 1459- 1460; 6 Her First Year of Widowhood: 1461; 7 The King's Mother: 1461- 1464; 8 Wife of the Rightful Inheritor: 1464- 1471; 9 Queen of Right: 1471- 1478; 10 The End of the House of York: 1478- 1485; 11 The Queen's Grandmother: 1485- 1495; Conclusion; Select Bibliography.

"A thoroughly researched re-examination of the life of Cecily duchess of York, from 1415 to 1495"--Provided by publisher

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