Название: Medieval Royal Mistresses: Mischievous Women who Slept with Kings and Princes
Автор: Julia A Hickey
Издательство: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1399081942
Год: 2022
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 240
Размер: 17,4 МБ
Язык: Английский
Marriage for Medieval kings was about politics, power and the provision of legitimate heirs. Mistresses were about love, lust and possession. It was a world that included kidnap, poison, murder, violation, public shaming and accusations of witchcraft. Ambition and quick wits as well as beauty were essential attributes for any royal mistress. Infamy, assassination and imprisonment awaited some royal mistresses who tumbled from favour while others disappeared into obscurity or respectable lives as married women and were quickly forgotten.