Margaret Beaufort Survivor, Rebel, Kingmaker, US Edition | 43.22 MB
Title: Margaret Beaufort
Author: Lauren Johnson
Category: Nonfiction, History, European General, British
Language: English | 480 Pages | ISBN: 9781789541632
Description:
The fascinating, colorful life of Margaret Beaufort, who survived the Wars of the Roses to become mother of the Tudor dynasty.
Born into a century of conflict, Margaret Beaufort, the daughter of the Duke of Somerset and a descendent of Edward III, was married at the age of twelve. She was a mother, orphan, and widow by thirteen. She survived the vicissitudes of the Wars of the Roses and two further marriages to see her only son, Henry, ascend the throne of England as the first monarch of the Tudor dynasty. Skilled at navigating at dynastic and court politics, she helped to bring about the marriage of Henry VII to Elizabeth of York, a union that would help heal the wounds of a bitterly divided nation.
The fascinating, colorful life of Margaret Beaufort, who survived the Wars of the Roses to become mother of the Tudor dynasty.
Born into a century of conflict, Margaret Beaufort, the daughter of the Duke of Somerset and a descendent of Edward III, was married at the age of twelve. She was a mother, orphan, and widow by thirteen. She survived the vicissitudes of the Wars of the Roses and two further marriages to see her only son, Henry, ascend the throne of England as the first monarch of the Tudor dynasty. Skilled at navigating at dynastic and court politics, she helped to bring about the marriage of Henry VII to Elizabeth of York, a union that would help heal the wounds of a bitterly divided nation.
During Henry’s reign, she exerted considerable influence at court, and played a part in the upbringing of her grandson, the future Henry VIII.She was a lifelong artistic patron and supporter of academia. In old age she founded a professorship of divinity and two…
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