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10. Dez. 2014 · Eleanor de Montfort has been overshadowed in scholarly literature by her more famous husband, Simon. This book represents an attempt to fill that gap, and such a biography is long overdue.Eleanor d...
1. März 2024 · Based on a detailed, critical analysis of British Library, Additional MS 8877 (the household roll of Eleanor de Montfort, countess of Leicester), this chapter examines the impact of the Second Barons' War and of Earl Simon's death at the battle of Evesham in August 1265 on Countess Eleanor and on the lives of those who supported or served her. It explores how the Montforts’ personal ...
Eleanor de Montfort: A Rebel Countess in Medieval England. Katrin Sjursen. 2013, Medieval Feminist Forum ...
As a further case in point, Wilkinson points to Eleanor’s choice to remarry, to the foreigner Simon of Montfort, despite her vow taken during her first widowhood to remain perpetually chaste and despite the king’s own political designs for his sister. For the most part, however, Eleanor’s political agency is not as deeply examined as it could be, and the complicating factors of Henry’s ...
Description. As sister of Henry III and aunt of the future Edward I, Eleanor de Montfort was at the heart of the bloody conflict between the Crown and the English barons. At Lewes in 1264 Simon de Montfort captured the king and secured control of royal government. A woman of fiery nature, Eleanor worked tirelessly to support her husband's cause.
8. März 2012 · At Lewes in 1264 Simon de Montfort captured the king and secured control of royal government. A woman of fiery nature, Eleanor worked tirelessly to support her husband's cause. She assumed responsibility for the care of the royal prisoners and she regularly dispatched luxurious gifts to Henry III and the Lord Edward. But the family's political fortunes were shattered at the battle of Evesham ...
There is also a wealth of detail from surviving household accounts there, and if you want more, see Wilkerson's The Household Roll of Eleanor de Montfort, Countess of Leicester and Pembroke, 1265: British Library, Additional MS 8877. To listen to the English Heritage podcast episode "Woman at War: Eleanor de Montford at Dover Castle," click ...
