Queenship at the Renaissance Courts of Britain: Catherine of Aragon and Margaret Tudor, 1503-1533

by Michelle L Beer and Michelle L. Beer

Book Overview

A study of the performance of queenship by two Tudor monarchs, showing the strategies they used to assert their power.

Catherine of Aragon (r.1509-33) and her sister-in-law Margaret Tudor (r.1503-13) presided as queens over the glittering sixteenth-century courts of England and Scotland, alongside their husbands Henry VIII of England and James IVof Scotland. Although we know a great deal about these two formidable sixteenth-century kings, we...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0861933559
• ISBN13: 9780861933556
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Royal Historical Society
• Length: 201 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"