Pethick-Lawrence, Emmeline. The Meaning of the Woman’s Movement. Woman’s Press.
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King Henry VI
Standard Name: Henry VI, King
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| Textual Features | Sarah Green | |
| Textual Features | Emma Robinson | Charles VII's court is equipped with a number of psychologically warring characters, including his mistress, the Lady of Beauty, who represents the fashionably heartless woman. At the climactic scene of Jeanne's burning, multiple human threads... |
| Textual Features | Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence | She opens her discussion here with a question: What does the Woman's Movement mean and what is its significance in our modern life? |
| Textual Production | Jean Plaidy | The Plantagenet series concluded with two novels issued in 1982: Red Rose of Anjou, about the now adult Henry VI
and his queen, Margaret of Anjou
, and The Sun in Splendour, about Edward IV
. OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999. |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Jean Plaidy | JP
paints the young Joan of Arc as deeply spiritual and already aspiring to sainthood: Jeannette knew that many girls and boys were interested in each other . . . . She wanted none of... |
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1438: All Souls College, Oxford, was founded by...
Building item
1438
All Souls College
, Oxford, was founded by Henry VI
and Henry Chichele
, Archbishop of Canterbury, dedicated to those so far slain in the Hundred Years War with France; its official title was...
15 April 1448: Margaret of Anjou (wife of Henry VI) founded...
Building item
15 April 1448
Margaret of Anjou
(wife of Henry VI
) founded Queen's College, Cambridge
; in March 1465 Elizabeth Woodville
(wife of Edward IV
) became its patroness and foundress: hence the present position of the apostrophe.
Tibbs, Rodney. The University and Colleges of Cambridge. Terence Dalton Ltd., 1972.
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Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
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Olsen, Kirstin. Chronology of Women’s History. Greenwood, 1994.
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Queen’s College Cambridge - Apostrophe. http://www.quns.cam.ac.uk/Queens/Misc/apostrophe.html.
4 March 1461: The Yorkist Edward IV was proclaimed king...
National or international item
4 March 1461
The Yorkist Edward IV
was proclaimed king of England following his military victory over the forces of the Lancastrian Henry VI
(who had for years been increasingly withdrawn and clearly incapable of personal rule).
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.
29 March 1461: In a climactic and singularly unchivalric...
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29 March 1461
In a climactic and singularly unchivalric battle of the Wars of the Roses, fought on Palm Sunday at Towton in North Yorkshire, about 28,000 men died and Edward IV
's position as king was confirmed.
Boylston, Anthea. “The Towton Mass Grave Project”. University of Bradford, Department of Archaeological Sciences, 22 May 2003.
January 1787: Newspapers advertised the publication of...
Writing climate item
January 1787
Newspapers advertised the publication of Original Letters, Written during the Reigns of Henry VI
,Edward IV
and Richard III
by Various Persons of Rank or Consequence, generally titled The Paston Letters.
Stoker, David. ’Innumerable letters of good consequence in history’: The Discovery and First Publication of the Paston Letters. http://users.aber.ac.uk/das/texts/pastart.htm.
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