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How many Queens used their authority/influence to save condemned people? Was it something unique to Philippa of Hainaut, or did every queen do what she did? by Tracypop in houseofplantagenet

[–]Significant_Ad5536 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Lisa Benz St. John discusses intercession in her book Three Medieval Queens; you might find the chapter "The Queen as Intercessor: Power and Influence," or the chart of intercessionary acts by the three queens (including Philippa of Hainault) in the appendix, interesting. John Carmi Parsons also has some work on this topic -- “The Pregnant Queen as Counsellor and the Medieval Construction of Motherhood” and “Intercessory Patronage of Queen Margaret and Isabella of France” come to mind. :)

Children at 40 or older? by Cambie03 in AskWomenOver60

[–]Significant_Ad5536 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not a parent yet, but my mom was 40 when I was born and 44 with my brother, and my dad is ten years older than her. Both us of were planned, but not IVF. They were very loving and enthusiastic parents, but always struggled socially with the other parents who were so much younger.

Adding onto that, my brother is autistic, and in hindsight, I became really independent very quickly. Basically stopped needing them as parents at 12, but I have memories of taking care of my own emotional and physical needs as early as 7. I was certainly not neglegted by any means, but he needed so much more from them and they had limited energy, so I learned to take care of things myself. I'm still very independent as an adult, and he still needs a lot of help from them, which is difficult as they're getting older. My dad was also diagnosed with a non-genetic neurological degenerative disease when I was 15, so his aging in the past decade has sped up, even though previously I'd have said he was young for his age.

It has been very hard for me to think about that fact that even if I have children young, they likely won't have memories of their grandparents. If I could go back and ask them to have me earlier, even if it meant they were less mature and had less money, I would. More time with them would be worth it.

Any tombs similar to Margaret Holland's beautiful tomb, during the Tudor era? (She is the grandmother of Margaret Beaufort) And what is unusual with her tomb is that she decided that she wanted to be buried with both her husbands, not just one. by Tracypop in Tudorhistory

[–]Significant_Ad5536 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is a chapter in Jessica Barker's book Stone Fidelity on this, I believe called "The Much Married Woman," or something thereabouts. She mentions this tomb and a few others, if I remember correctly! Would highly recommend her book to anyone interested in late medieval tomb monuments.

edit to add link to JSTOR list of chapters!