Bozman, Ernest Franklin, editor. Everyman’s Encyclopaedia. 4th Edition, J. M. Dent, 1958, 12 vols.
8: 379, 11: 586-7
Empress Matilda
Standard Name: Matilda, Empress
Used Form: Matilda (sometimes called Maud)
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Literary Setting | Anna Maria Mackenzie | The story opens in the civil war for the English crown between Stephen
and EmpressMatilda or Maud
. (Mackenzie calls the empress Maud, while for her it is Stephen's wife who is Matilda.) Mackenzie... |
| Literary Setting | Henrietta Rouviere Mosse | The title-page quotes Shakespeare
, who is then cited in the preface to justify the genre of historical fiction. HRM
mentions her consultations of records and documents, and expresses her thanks to the gentlemen of... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Mary Matilda Betham | She is strong on queens, and perhaps because of her own name gives good coverage to the medieval Maud or Matilda
. Her article on Matilda makes several points relating to the general issue of... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Anne Bradstreet | The daughter colony comforts her mother nation. Each is skilled in history, New England recalling past civil wars (beginning with those of Matilda
and Stephen
), and Old England lamenting the untimely death of Lady Jane Grey |
Timeline
1135-1142: Supporters of Matilda (sometimes called Maud)...
National or international item
1135-1142
Supporters of Matilda (sometimes called Maud)
and Stephen
, rival claimants for the English throne, waged a civil war.
December 1135: King Henry I died and Stephen of Blois assumed...
National or international item
December 1135
King Henry I
died and Stephen of Blois
assumed the throne of England.
Fryde, Edmund Boleslaw. Handbook of British Chronology. Editors Greenway, D. E. et al., 3rd ed., Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1986.
35
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
425
8 April 1141: Matilda, claimant to the English throne,...
National or international item
8 April 1141
Matilda
, claimant to the English throne, assumed the title domina Anglorum, or mistress of the English; she was meanwhile holding her rival, Stephen
, in captivity.
Morgan, Kenneth O., editor. The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain. Oxford University Press, 1984.
14 September 1141: Matilda (sometimes called Maud) escaped the...
National or international item
14 September 1141
Matilda (sometimes called Maud)
escaped the forces of Stephen
(her rival claimant to the throne of England) by travelling on a bier disguised as a corpse.
Lee, Sophia. The Recess. Editor Alliston, April, University Press of Kentucky, 2000.
354n46
25 October 1154: King Stephen died; Henry II assumed the throne...
National or international item
25 October 1154
King Stephen
died; Henry II
assumed the throne of England on 19 December 1154.
Fryde, Edmund Boleslaw. Handbook of British Chronology. Editors Greenway, D. E. et al., 3rd ed., Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1986.
36
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
425
20 September 1889: Queen Victoria's Jubilee Institute for Nurses...
Building item
20 September 1889
Queen Victoria's Jubilee Institute for Nurses
was inaugurated.
White, Rosemary. Social Change and the Development of the Nursing Profession: A Study of the Poor Law Nursing Service, 1848-1948. H. Kimpton, 1978.
77
Scanlan, Pauline. The Irish Nurse: A Study of Nursing in Ireland. Drumlin, 1991.
80
Rivers, John. Dame Rosalind Paget, 1855-1948: A Short Account of Her Life and Work. Midwives Chronicle, 1981.
49
Dolan, Josephine A. History of Nursing. 12th ed., Saunders, 1968.
277
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