The Tumultuous Years -- Widowhood and Independence -- Lifestyle and Estates -- Family Ties -- Friends, Allies and Clients -- Piety and Prestige -- Judgements -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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For Her Good Estate recounts the trials and triumphs of a fourteenth-century English noblewoman. Elizabeth de Burgh led a tumultuous early life: an arranged marriage, an abduction leading to a clandestine second marriage, a forced third marriage to a man who died a traitor. Afterwards, empowered by a vow of chastity to insure her independence, Elizabeth emerged as a capable administrator of her vast estates, a concerned mother and grandmother, a shrewd builder of social and political networks, and a good friend. She expressed her piety by many charitable initiatives, culminating in the.
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Palgrave Macmillan
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302605
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Title
For her good estate.
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9780333753255
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
De Burgh, Elizabeth,1295-1360.
De Burgh, Elizabeth,1295-1360
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Clare College (University of Cambridge)-- History.