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Jan 14, 2019 · For centuries Alice Perrers has been portrayed as an ugly but intelligent woman, who seduced a King, took him for all she could get, and then disappeared in to a quiet retirement. But recent work by historians, particularly around documents held at the National Archives, have managed to draw out a more rounded picture.
Oct 10, 2017 · Behind every great man is a woman, and King Edward III had two great women: his wife, Queen Philippa, and his scheming mistress, Alice Perrers. Learn how these two women navigated gender and power in a world run by men.
WHO WAS ALICE PERRERS? by W. M. Ormrod. At that same time there was a woman in England called Alice. Perrers. She was a shameless, impudent harlot, and of low birth, for she was the daughter of a thatcher from the town of Henny, elevated by fortune.
The Trials of Alice Perrers By W. Mark Ormrod Alice Perrers is one of the best-known political figures in the history of later medieval England. Emerging from obscurity in the 1360s to become the mistress of King Edward III and mother to his illegitimate children, Alice used her position
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Apr 13, 2019 · Alice Perrers was born around 1348, when England was swept by the lethal Black Death. Maybe she realised that life was risky, and a girl should grab her chances. She was no aristocrat.
Sep 18, 2019 · Alice Wyndesore, or Alice Perrers as she is better known, rose to prominence at court during the 1360s as the notorious and powerful mistress of Edward III, where she established herself as a dominant political force until the death of the king in June 1377.
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Alice was the mistress of the chivalric hero Edward III of England during the less glorious “final” years of his reign, from approximately 1361 to his death in 1377.
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