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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Maps
England and Wales in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries
Northern Europe in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries
Genealogy
Illustrations
Glossary of British Terms
Introduction
Prologue
“We Are Come for Glory”
Part One: Matilda of Flanders
Chapter 1: “A Very Beautiful and Noble Girl”
Chapter 2: “Great Courage and High Daring”
Chapter 3: “William Bastard”
Chapter 4: “The Greatest Ceremony and Honour”
Chapter 5: “Illustrious Progeny”
Chapter 6: “The Tenderest Regard”
Chapter 7: “The Piety of Their Princes”
Chapter 8: “Without Honour”
Chapter 9: “A Prudent Wife”
Chapter 10: “The Splendour of the King”
Chapter 11: “Power and Virtue”
Chapter 12: “In Queenly Purple”
Chapter 13: “Sword and Fire”
Chapter 14: “Much Trouble”
Chapter 15: “An Untimely Death”
Chapter 16: “The Praise and Agreement of Queen Matilda”
Chapter 17: “Ties of Blood”
Chapter 18: “A Mother’s Tenderness”
Chapter 19: “The Noblest Gem of a Royal Race”
Chapter 20: “Twofold Light of November”
Part Two: Matilda of Scotland
Chapter 1: “Casting Off the Veil of Religion”
Chapter 2: “Her Whom He So Ardently Desired”
Chapter 3: “A Matter of Controversy”
Chapter 4: “Godric and Godgifu”
Chapter 5: “Another Esther in Our Own Time”
Chapter 6: “Lust for Glory”
Chapter 7: “The Common Mother of All England”
Chapter 8: “Most Noble and Royal on Both Sides”
Chapter 9: “Daughter of Archbishop Anselm”
Chapter 10: “Reprove, Beseech, Rebuke”
Chapter 11: “Incessant Greetings”
Chapter 12: “Pious Devotion”
Chapter 13: “A Girl of Noble Character”
Chapter 14: “The Peace of the King and Me”
Chapter 15: “All the Dignity of a Queen”
Chapter 16: “Blessed Throughout the Ages”
Part Three: Adeliza of Louvain
Chapter 1: “Without Warning”
Chapter 2: “A Fortunate Beauty”
Chapter 3: “His Only Heir”
Chapter 4: “Royal English Blood”
Chapter 5: “The Offence of the Daughter”
Chapter 6: “The Peril of Death”
Chapter 7: “Cast Down in Darkness”
Part Four: Matilda of Boulogne, Queen of King Stephen, and the Empress Maud, Lady of the English
Chapter 1: “In Violation of His Oath”
Chapter 2: “Ravening Wolves”
Chapter 3: “A Manly Heart in a Woman’s Body”
Chapter 4: “The First Anniversary of My Lord”
Chapter 5: “Unable to Break Through”
Chapter 6: “Ties of Kinship”
Chapter 7: “Feminine Shrewdness”
Chapter 8: “Touch Not Mine Anointed”
Chapter 9: “His Extraordinary Queen”
Chapter 10: “A Desert Full of Wild Beasts”
Chapter 11: “Treacherous Advice”
Chapter 12: “May Your Imperial Dignity Thrive”
Chapter 13: “Christ and His Saints Slept”
Chapter 14: “Hunger-Starved Wolves”
Chapter 15: “Shaken with Amazement”
Chapter 16: “Dragged by Different Hooks”
Chapter 17: “Sovereign Lady of England”
Chapter 18: “Insufferable Arrogance”
Chapter 19: “Terrified and Troubled”
Chapter 20: “Rejoicing and Exultation”
Chapter 21: “The Lawful Heir”
Chapter 22: “One of God’s Manifest Miracles”
Chapter 23: “Wretchedness and Oppression”
Chapter 24: “A New Light Had Dawned”
Chapter 25: “An Example of Fortitude and Patience”
Chapter 26: “For the Good of My Soul”
Chapter 27: “Carried by the Hands of Angels”
Part Five: The Empress Maud
Chapter 1: “Joy and Honour”
Chapter 2: “The Light of Morning”
Chapter 3: “A Woman of the Stock of Tyrants”
Chapter 4: “A Star Fell”
Appendix I: A Guide to the Principal Chronicle Sources
Appendix II: Letters
Photo Insert
Dedication
Select Bibliography
Notes and References
Other Titles
About the Author
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