Chaucer's Queens: Royal Women, Intercession, and Patronage in England, 1328–1394. Louise Tingle. Queenship and Power. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020. viii + 240 pp. €88.39

Chapter 2, “Pregnancy, Maternity and Childlessness,” conducts a situational analysis of the queens’ positions at court through the discussion of Philippa's motherhood and Anne's childlessness. In chapter 4, “Pardons and Influence,” Tingle argues that in the intercessory activities of the 1381 Peasants’ Revolt where Joan and Anne petitioned for the rebels, Anne's political position as queen proved more successful than Richard's mother Joan. The fifth chapter, “Queen's Gold and Revenues,” is the most original and interesting section of the book.