Queens of the Age of Chivalry
Jonathan Cape, 496 pages, £25
The 14th century was a turbulent period in English history, racked by political, social and economic upheaval. It experienced the Black Death, the Hundred Years’ War and the Peasants’ Revolt. It was a period of legal and cultural changes, too. Edward II and Richard II were deposed, while “Hammer of the Scots” Edward I and his grandson Edward III launched campaigns of military expansion. That era also witnessed key events that set the
