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Elizabeth Woodville: Mother of the Princes in the Tower Paperback – April 21, 2010
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- Print length240 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateApril 21, 2010
- Dimensions5 x 0.8 x 7.8 inches
- ISBN-100750938862
- ISBN-13978-0750938860
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- Publisher : Sutton; 2nd ed. edition (April 21, 2010)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 240 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0750938862
- ISBN-13 : 978-0750938860
- Item Weight : 9.5 ounces
- Dimensions : 5 x 0.8 x 7.8 inches
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After Elizabeth Grey (Woodville) was widowed she stood for hours beside the road in Northampton with her two young sons hoping to be noticed by the passing King Edward IV to appeal for his help in regaining her dead husband's property and income which had been seized by her mother-in-law. The result was her secret marriage to the king in 1464 which caused a huge national and international scandal when Edward was sheepishly forced to reveal the marriage to Parliament. Elizabeth was a commoner and Edward had scuppered one of many possible royal marriages and international alliances being finalised by his government. It was the talk of Europe. Secondly, Elizabeth had twelve siblings and a huge family who then received land, titles and wealthy marriages which alienated the established English nobility who would usually have been preferred. The Woodvilles made many enemies, especially Edward IV's outspoken brother Richard of Gloucester. When Edward IV died, Edward and Elizabeth's son Edward V was deposed by Richard who took the throne as Richard III (Richard would have been destroyed by the Woodvilles if he hadn't). Elizabeth's two oldest sons were the 'Princes in the Tower' where they were almost certainly murdered on Richard's behalf. Elizabeth and her daughters then fled to sanctuary in Westminster Abbey where Richard tried to coerce them out - almost certainly to kill them they believed. Richard eventually encouraged Elizabeth out of the abbey to trust him with plans that included him marrying his niece, her eldest daughter, Elizabeth of York (eventual mother of Henry VIII) to unite the Houses of York and Lancaster. Elizabeth would then be Queen Mother to her daughter Elizabeth. There was more scandal about that rumour however as Richard was already married to Queen Anne Neville and the commons and Lords were always uncomfortable about his seizing the throne from Edward V. After Richard was killed at Bosworth by the army of Henry Tudor, Henry united the Houses as Henry VII by marrying Elizabeth of York himself which made Elizabeth Woodville Queen Mother again (grandmother of Henry VIII and great-grandmother of the other Tudor monarchs). However, Henry Tudor placed his mother-in-law in a convent where she lived on a small pension until she died almost penniless.
Elizabeth Woodville's life was a real roller-coaster. From impoverished widow and young mother she secretly wed the king to become Queen Elizabeth of England. She then became Queen Mother to Edward V but her influence and hatred of Richard III led him to seize the throne (from her son and her influence) to save his own neck. Elizabeth was then dispossessed of everything to become a penniless refugee in Westminster Abbey in fear of her life. She was the mother of the two murdered Princes in the Tower. Her eldest daughter then married Henry Tudor to become Queen Elizabeth of York which made Elizabeth Woodville Queen Mother again. She was then stripped of all her power and wealth by Henry and died penniless in a convent.
This book presents this fascinating story very well. It's very readable and the many events, individuals and their relationships are clearly explained in a way which can bog down and lose your interest in other books. Many of the figures are more extensively covered in the huge range of other histories and biographies out there but the central figure here is Elizabeth Woodville and this book presents her very well indeed. I read this book in about three nights and I enjoyed every page. I'm sure you will too.
Man weiß nicht wirklich viel über Elizabeth Woodville. Der Autor, ein renommierter Historiker, zeichnet in seinem Buch ein realistisches Portrait dieser außergewöhnlichen Frau, die während ihrer Zeit als Monarchin zahlreiche Krisen meistern mußte und nach dem Tod des Königs aus ihrem Sanktuarium in der Westminster Abbey heraus um das Überleben der ihr gebliebenen Familie kämpfte.
In einer Zeit, in welcher Politik von Männern gemacht wurde, hatten Frauen nur wenige Möglichkeiten, um Einfluß zu nehmen bzw. zu überleben. Elizabeth Woodville gelingt dies während einer Epoche schlimmster Unruhen mit nicht immer einwandfreien Mitteln, und sie prägt ihre Zeit an der Seite ihres Mannes. Sie ist eine der eher unbekannten Heldinnen der Geschichte, der in diesem Buch ein schönes Denkmal gesetzt wird.