Amos Oz
Amos Oz 1939-, Israeli writer, b. Jerusalem as Amos Klausner. As a teenager he changed his name to Oz, Hebrew for "strength." A former kibbutz member, Israeli soldier, and schoolteacher, he is is one of Israel's major novelists. Written in Hebrew, richly atmospheric and often poetic, his fiction explores the conflicts and tensions in Israeli society, ranging from religious beliefs to the practical demands of modern life. His novels include My Michael (1968, tr. 1972), Touch the Water, Touch the Wind (1973, tr. 1974), To Know a Woman (1989, tr. 1991), Panther in the Basement (1995, tr. 1997), and The Same Sea (1999, tr. 2001), a blend of prose and poetry. A collection of essays (1962-79) was published in translation as Under This Blazing Light (1995); he has also written other nonfiction works dealing with Israel's past and present and frequently reflecting his liberal Zionist views.
Bibliography: See his memoir, A Tale of Love and Darkness (2003, tr. 2004); studies by A. Balaban (1993) and Y. Mazor (2002).
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Margaret of Anjou: Queenship and Power in Late Medieval England.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Albion; 6/22/2004; ; 700+ words
; Helen E. Maurer. Margaret of Anjou: Queenship and Power in Late Medieval...comments should have applied to Queen Margaret of Anjou, yet apparently did not. Maurer...late medieval English queens, Margaret included, should have been her...
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Coventry - a new capital for the kingdom; COVENTRY: THE MAKING OF A CITY.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England); 10/19/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Coventry took place in 1437. Henry married Margaret of Anjou in 1445 when he was twenty-four...giving back French soil, (Maine and Anjou) to Margaret's father, the landless King of Anjou. Margaret, an independent, beautiful woman...
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The Tudor Queens of England.(Book review)
Magazine article from: History Today; 5/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...moves on to tell the stories of Margaret of Anjou, Henry VI's queen, Elizabeth...author also presents a typology. Margaret of Anjou is characterised as a 'dominatrix...with Henry VI. Ills consort, Margaret of Anjou, could have stayed in the background...
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Was Joan of Arc genetically male?(Biography)
Magazine article from: The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide; 1/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...powerful ruling family, the House of Anjou, which had no problems with women...Aquitaine, Marie of Champagne, and Margaret of Anjou. When Eleanor (1122-1204) and...all, the Dukes and Duchesses of Anjou stayed linked to the French royals...
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PASSION AND PATHOS, COURTESY OF THE BARD.(Capital Region)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 2/28/1993; 700+ words
; ...who got sick." Then there was Margaret of Anjou, played by Neelam Mehta, a...Richard III," the French-born Margaret, who has endured the murder...gets her feeling most bitter as Margaret of Anjou. "I don't have stage fright...
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Women of God and Arms: Female Spirituality and Political Conflict, 1380-1600
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 4/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...range of women, from Colette of Corbie, Margaret of York, Anne d'Orlans, Margaret of Anjou, Christine de Pizan, Isabel of Castile...missing link" between Christine de Pizan and Margaret of Anjou. Why not explore Joan, like Isabel of...
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Royalty, virtue, and adversity: the cult of King Henry VI.
Magazine article from: Albion; 6/22/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...he did not have. His wife, Margaret of Anjou, was an equally problematic...Tower of London. Meanwhile, Margaret of Anjou raised troops abroad and led...Edward IV and decided to ally with Margaret was she successful. Together...
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The Last Medieval Queens: English Queenship, 1445-1503.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Historian; 12/22/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...during the Wars of the Roses. The central foci are Margaret of Anjou, Elizabeth Woodville, Anne Neville, and Elizabeth...the queens' wider families. With the exception of Margaret of Anjou, these were English-born queens, and as a consequence...
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The Last Medieval Queens: English Queenship 1445-1503.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review; 8/1/2004; 578 words
; ...collection of potted biographies of four queen consorts: Margaret of Anjou (Henry VI), Elizabeth Woodville (Edward IV...III), Elizabeth of York (Henry VII). Of these, Margaret of Anjou is the most famous because of the catastrophic reign...
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The Last Medieval Queens: English Queenship 1445-1503.(Book of the Year Joint Winner)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: History Today; 3/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Wars of the Roses. The four queens in question--Margaret of Anjou, Elizabeth Woodville, Anne Neville and Elizabeth...on royal accounts, to the rituals which surrounded Margaret of Anjou's arrival in England and the celebrations which...
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Margaret of Anjou
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Margaret of Anjou Margaret of Anjou (1430-1482) was queen consort of Henry VI, Lancastrian king of England. She was a niece of Charles VII of France and a cousin of Louis XI. On March 23, 1430, Margaret was born in Lorraine to Isabel of...
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Anjou
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...1246, Louis IX of France gave Anjou in appanage to his brother Charles...Charles II of Naples gave Anjou as dowry to his daughter Margaret when she married Charles of Valois...King Philip VI of France, Anjou was again reunited to the French...
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René
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...was also called René of Anjou and Good King René. The...Louis III of Naples, he inherited Anjou, Provence, and the claim to the...Angers. In 1445 his daughter, Margaret of Anjou , married Henry VI of England...
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Wars of the Roses
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...of Somerset ; and the queen, Margaret of Anjou ) that controlled the weak Lancastrian...and the birth of a son to Margaret of Anjou displaced York as heir. The...there became reconciled with Margaret of Anjou. Supported by Louis XI of France...
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Earl of Warwick and of Salisbury
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Henry VI's spirited queen, Margaret of Anjou, took up the cause of their...Scottish invasions, and forays by Margaret of Anjou. His superintendence of diplomacy...Edward, the son of Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou. Warwick's 1470 invasion...
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