Heir to an earldom, and wife and widow of William de Valence (half-brother of King Henry III), Joan de Valence was an important actor in the volatile political

Heir to an earldom, and wife and widow of William de Valence (half-brother of King Henry III), Joan de Valence was an important actor in the volatile political

Aymer de Valence

A collection of essays representing the growing variety of approaches used to write the history of medieval women. They reflect the European medieval world soci

In the later medieval centuries, a whole range of important social, political and artistic activities took place against the backdrop of the great English house