Tudor and Stuart Consorts

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This book examines the lives and tenures of all the consorts of the Tudor and Stuart monarchs of England between 1485 and 1714, as well as the wives of the two Lords Protector during the Commonwealth. The figures in Tudor and Stuart Consorts are both incredibly familiar¿especially the six wives of Henry VIII¿and exceedingly unfamiliar, such as George of Denmark, the husband of Queen Anne. These innovative and authoritative biographies recognise the important role consorts played in a period before constitutional monarchy: in addition to correcting popular assumptions that are based on limited historical evidence, the chapters provide a fuller picture of the role of consort that goes beyond discussions of exceptionalism and subversion. This volume and its companions reveal the changing nature of English consortship from the Norman Conquest to today.

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<div><b>Aidan Norrie</b> is Lecturer in History and Programme Leader at the University Campus North Lincolnshire, UK, and the Managing Editor of <i>The London Journal.</i> </div><div><b> </b></div><div><b>Carolyn Harris</b> is Instructor in History at the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies, Canada, and a regular royal commentator in Canadian media. </div><div><b> </b></div><div><b>J.L. Laynesmith</b> is Visiting Research Fellow in Medieval Studies at the University of Reading, UK. </div><div><b> </b></div><div><b>Danna R. Messer</b> is Senior Acquisitions Editor at Arc Humanities Press, and the Executive Editor of <i>The Encyclopedia of the Global Middle Ages.</i> </div><div><b> </b></div><div><b>Elena Woodacre</b> is Reader in Renaissance History at the University of Winchester, UK, Editor-in-Chief of the <i>Royal Studies Journal</i>, and the founder of the Royal Studies Network.</div>

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