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| | | | | Battle of Neville's Cross from 15th Century Manuscript - https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84386043/f218.image# In 1328, Charles IV King of France died without issue. Charles' closest blood relative was his sister, Isabella. But, as Salic Law disallowed female succession his closest male relative was Isabella's son, Edward III, King of England. Isabella claimed the throne of France on her... | |
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| | | | | Eleanor of Brittany The story of Eleanor of Brittany is one that highlights how women in the Middle Ages could feel truly powerless, if the men around them wanted it so. Her story also highlights the limitations of the Great Charter, or Magna Carta as it is better known, in protecting and supporting the rights... | |
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| | | | | Marie de France from anilluminated manuscript If you have visited the British Library's latest exhibition, Medieval Women: In Their Own Words, you may have spotted the work of Marie de France. Marie was a poet in the late 12th century, who wrote three major works that can be definitively attributed to her, even though we... | |
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