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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254760903321

Autore

Warnicke Retha M

Titolo

Elizabeth of York and Her Six Daughters-in-Law : Fashioning Tudor Queenship, 1485–1547 / / by Retha M. Warnicke

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-56381-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (IX, 291 p.)

Collana

Queenship and Power, , 2730-9398

Disciplina

940.902

Soggetti

Europe - History - 476-1492

Great Britain - History

Civilization - History

History of Medieval Europe

History of Britain and Ireland

Cultural History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Marriages and Coronations -- 3. Income and Expenditures -- 4. Religion and Family Life -- 5. Governance and Patronage -- 6. Revels and Celebrations -- 7. Death and Burial -- 8. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

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. .