Matilda: Empress, Queen, Warrior 0300227256, 9780300227253

A life of Matilda—empress, skilled military leader, and one of the greatest figures of the English Middle Ages Matilda

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Matilda: Empress, Queen, Warrior
0300227256, 9780300227253

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Catherine Hanley

Table of contents :
List of maps and tables
List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 The child empress
2 Crisis in England
3 Heir to the throne
4 Usurped
5 Return to England
6 1141: Triumph
7 1141: Disaster
8 A fresh approach
9 The new generation
10 ‘The good Matilda’
Conclusion
Sources and translations
Bibliography
Index

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