Overview
- Provides valuable context for the historical evaluation of Tudor consorts
- Examines the economic, political and diplomatic impact of the Tudor queens on the royal court and the realm's stability
- Appeals to early modern scholars as well as non-specialists interested in Tudor studies
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Queenship and Power (QAP)
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About this book
This study of early modern queenship compares the reign of Henry VII’s queen, Elizabeth of York, and those of her daughters-in-law, the six queens of Henry VIII. It defines the traditional expectations for effective Tudor queens—particularly the queen’s critical function of producing an heir—and evaluates them within that framework, before moving to consider their other contributions to the well-being of the court. This fresh comparative approach emphasizes spheres of influence rather than chronology, finding surprising juxtapositions between the various queens’ experiences as mothers, diplomats, participants in secular and religious rituals, domestic managers, and more. More than a series of biographies of individual queens, Elizabeth of York and Her Six Daughters-in-Law is a careful, illuminating examination of the nature of Tudor queenship.
Reviews
“Warnicke examines the reigns of each of the seven Tudor queen consorts and how they performed their roles as patrons of religion; presided over celebrations; managed their households; and experienced marriage and childbirth. … Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.” (D. R. Bisson, Choice, Vol. 55 (8), April, 2018)
“This novel study of Tudor queenship combines the author’s widely known meticulous research with an innovative comparative approach. Rather than a typical chronological narrative, Warnicke positions various Tudor queens with and against each other as their unique experiences warrant, and these juxtapositions yield one rich reading after another.” (Jo Carney, Professor of English, The College of New Jersey, USA)
“This important study, the first to analyze all seven Tudor queen consorts, examines their private and public lives while assessing their duties, power, and influence. Warnicke not only illuminates the role of the queen consort through time and across reigns but underscores the consort’s importance and centrality to court and country in Tudor England. This is an invaluable resource for any student or scholar of queenship and Tudor history.” (Sarah Duncan, Associate Professor of History, Spring Hill College, USA)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Retha M. Warnicke is Professor of History at Arizona State University, USA. She is the author of several books on women: Women of the English Renaissance and Reformation (1983); The Rise and Fall of Anne Boleyn: Family Politics at the Court of Henry VIII (1989); The Marrying of Anne of Cleves: Royal Protocol in Tudor England (2000); and Wicked Women of Tudor England: Queens, Aristocrats, and Commoners (Palgrave, 2012).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Elizabeth of York and Her Six Daughters-in-Law
Book Subtitle: Fashioning Tudor Queenship, 1485–1547
Authors: Retha M. Warnicke
Series Title: Queenship and Power
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56381-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-56380-0Published: 22 September 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-85902-6Published: 10 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-56381-7Published: 05 September 2017
Series ISSN: 2730-938X
Series E-ISSN: 2730-9398
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 291
Topics: History of Medieval Europe, History of Britain and Ireland, Cultural History