Cobbold, Elizabeth. The Sword. A. Smith, 1791.
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King Stephen
Standard Name: Stephen, King
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Literary Setting | Elizabeth Cobbold | Father Bertrand of the monastery at Bury St Edmunds tells the future Discoverer of this Manuscript that he is eighty, and writing to defend King Stephen
and others. Bury St Edmunds lies within easy... |
| 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 | 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)
and Stephen
, rival claimants for the English throne, waged a civil war.
December 1135
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.
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.
25 October 1154
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