Joanna L. Laynesmith (née Chamberlayne) is a scholar of
medieval studies
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Institutional development
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, focusing on medieval
queenship. Her book: ''The Last Medieval Queens: English Queenship 1445-1503'' (Oxford University Press, , ) jointly won the
Longman
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History Today
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Book of the Year Prize in 2005 and the
Women's History Network (UK) Book Prize in 2004.
She obtained her doctorate (her thesis on ''English queenship, 1445–1503'') from
University of York's
Centre for Medieval Studies in 1999, and has taught at York, Reading and Oxford Universities.
She is married to the Reverend Mark Laynesmith (né Smith).
Publications
Books
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Articles
*J. L. Laynesmith: "The Piety of Cecily, Duchess of York" - in The Yorkist Age: Proceedings of the 2011 Harlaxton Symposium (2013)
*J. L. Laynesmith: "The order, rules, and constructions of the house of the most excellent princess Cecily, duchess of York" - in Monarchy, State, and Political Culture in Late Medieval England: Essays in Honour of W. Mark Ormrod (2020)
External links
Women's History NetworkAuthor's Website
British historians
Alumni of the University of York
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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