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| | Arms of William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke It is impossible to talk about anything related to Magna Carta without mentioning the man who has come to be known as 'the Greatest Knight': William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke, and his family. Marshal was one of the few nobles to stay loyal to King John throughout the...
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| | Today, Rosanna McGlone chats about her new book, Feisty Females, a series of short stories inspired by The Great Cowcher Book
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| | Magna Carta As I have been pursuing the various strands of research into the female personalities in medieval England, I have been struck, time and again, by how closely related the nobility were, through blood and marriage. Just look at the women who surround the Magna Carta story. Each of the women I wrote of...
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| 12215 Magna Carta, British Library Other than the Queen of England, Isabelle d'Angoulême, only two women who can be clearly identified in Magna Carta itself. Though they are not mentioned by name, they are two Scottish princesses. The older sisters of King Alexander II had been held hostage in England since 1209, when John forced...