tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post1503196306468585460..comments2023-11-12T09:52:42.825-05:00Comments on Medieval Woman: Blogging with Historical Novelist Susan Higginbotham: So What Did Margaret of Anjou Look Like?Susan Higginbothamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13517907583894026599noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-35358064475549984502010-05-04T12:35:14.766-04:002010-05-04T12:35:14.766-04:00Well you know me. Once this hound gets a sniff of...Well you know me. Once this hound gets a sniff of the fox I'm up and running.<br /><br />And a very multi-lingual hound at that,Dutch,French, German, Greek, Italian, Latin - both Classical and Medieval- Portuguese and Spanish. Also cognisant not only with Middle and Early Modern English but medieval French, German and Italian as well.<br /><br />An advantage you might say. I prefer to call it a historical irony. Over the last year it seems to have been one case of historical irony after another.trish wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01292123010612021866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-77343925578597639752010-05-04T09:44:58.978-04:002010-05-04T09:44:58.978-04:00Thanks, Ragged Staff! Interesting about the grey-e...Thanks, Ragged Staff! Interesting about the grey-eyed men.<br /><br />Trish, I have Bagley--he does include some black and white plates that show Margaret with light hair, but their authenticity has been questioned. There's also a drawing of a stained-glass window that used to be at Angers that's reproduced in a couple of sources, and it also seems to show a blond Margaret--I've only seen it in black and white.<br /><br />I haven't seen Prevost, but I've heard it's heavily fictionalized, so I haven't been in a hurry to look it up. The Erlanger I have seen in English translation, and it is very heavily fictionalized. There are descriptions of Margaret in Chastelain, I believe, but they're rather vague.<br /><br />Thanks, I may try the photocopy services!Susan Higginbothamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517907583894026599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-42490494240594761742010-05-04T07:41:44.243-04:002010-05-04T07:41:44.243-04:00Sue
I've just remembered that the Spanish des...Sue<br /><br />I've just remembered that the Spanish described Elizabeth of York's hair most commonly described as golden tresses as red-gold which might account for the auburn look of MoA.<br /><br />Whatever nice rich colour.<br /><br />Apropos the Bodleian I know it does a photocopy service as does the BL. Have you tried your luck there?<br /><br />I'm hoping to go up to Bodley later on this year. It's been on the agenda since Christmas but for various reasons it's had to be deferred and now it's the season of the Examination Schools I'm thinking of leaving it to the Grand Vac which ain't so far off. Only problem with the GV - tourists!!!trish wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01292123010612021866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-52893720743581495872010-05-04T06:59:14.892-04:002010-05-04T06:59:14.892-04:00Cheer up Sue. It could be worse. You could have ...Cheer up Sue. It could be worse. You could have only those Victorian horrors of horrors to contend with.<br /><br />According to the BL catalogue JJ Bagley's 1948 edition contains plates and a portrait. Have you tried JJB yet? I also picked up on Chris Corbett's Marguerite published 2002.<br /><br />Or what about the French authors such as Philippe Erlanger, Abbe Prevost or Michel Baudier. The French may provide more specific descriptions.<br /><br />MoA seems to have also been a favourite with some Regency & Victorian poets. I'm gagging to know what Margaret Holford's ten canto epic contains.trish wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01292123010612021866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-68056950638130307752010-05-03T23:01:36.578-04:002010-05-03T23:01:36.578-04:00Nice pics, Susan. I've also allowed Margaret ...Nice pics, Susan. I've also allowed Margaret to be physically attractive, though I haven't given her a hair colour. At one point, I even have fair Ciss, the Rose of Raby, feel her position as Most Beautiful Woman in England slightly threatened by the younger, pretty queen. Blonde women and grey eyed men seem to have been an aesthetic ideal at the time, so it can be quite tough sorting it all out.Ragged Staffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13285451640470655380noreply@blogger.com