Overview
- Examines the history of the English monarchy through the lives and legacies of royal consorts
- Includes individual chapters on every Tudor and Stuart consort, as well as the wives of the two Lords Protector
- Reflects on the challenges of different periods of history and the impact on the lives and tenures of consorts
Part of the book series: Queenship and Power (QAP)
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Tudor Consorts
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Front Matter
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Keywords
About this book
Reviews
“This important and engaging volume asks crucial questions about the meaning and exercise of power of the Tudor and Stuart consorts. Carefully nuanced studies interrogate the individuality and agency of the women and men—some well-known, others remarkably little studied—who fulfilled this role in the premodern period. Critically, this impressive collection offers a far deeper and much-needed analysis of the office of consort, recognising it as a critical component of early modern monarchy.” (Susan Broomhall, Australian Catholic University, Australia)
“These readable and incisive essays bring to life the astonishing range of consorts in the Tudor and Stuart periods, including the six wives of Henry VIII, two foreign princes, and even the wives of Oliver Cromwell and his son. Consorts’ fertility (or lack of it) shaped national stories, but this collection shows that they mattered in other ways too and how they contributed to the political, cultural, and religious life of England and Scotland.” (Lisa Hopkins, Sheffield Hallam University, UK)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Carolyn Harris is Instructor in History at the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies, Canada, and a regular royal commentator in Canadian media.
J.L. Laynesmith is Visiting Research Fellow in Medieval Studies at the University of Reading, UK.
Danna R. Messer is Senior Acquisitions Editor at Arc Humanities Press, and the Executive Editor of The Encyclopedia of the Global Middle Ages.
Elena Woodacre is Reader in Renaissance History at the University of Winchester, UK, Editor-in-Chief of the Royal Studies Journal, and the founder of the Royal Studies Network.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Tudor and Stuart Consorts
Book Subtitle: Power, Influence, and Dynasty
Editors: Aidan Norrie, Carolyn Harris, J. L. Laynesmith, Danna R. Messer, Elena Woodacre
Series Title: Queenship and Power
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95197-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-95196-2Published: 22 July 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-95199-3Published: 22 July 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-95197-9Published: 20 July 2022
Series ISSN: 2730-938X
Series E-ISSN: 2730-9398
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVII, 369
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 11 illustrations in colour
Topics: History of Britain and Ireland, History of Early Modern Europe, Imperialism and Colonialism, Gender Studies