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This book argues that Catherine and Margaret's performance of queenship combined medieval queenly virtues with the new opportunities for influence and power offered by Renaissance court culture. Royal rituals such as childbirth and the Royal Maundy, courtly spectacles such as tournaments, banquets and diplomatic summits, or practices such as arranged marriages and gift-giving, were all moments when Catherine and Margaret could assert their honour, status and identity as queens. Their husbands' support for their activities at court helped bring them the influence and patronage necessary to pursue their own political goals and obtain favour and rewards for their servants and followers. Situating Catherine and Margaret's careers within the history of the royal courts of England and Scotland and amongst their queenly peers, this book reveals these two queens as intimately connected agents of political influence and dynastic power.
MICHELLE BEER is an independent researcher working in Oakland, California.
Table of Contents
Elizabeth of York
Material magnificence, royal identity and the queen's body
The social queen
Patronage in partnership
Queenship and pre-Reformation piety
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
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""Queenship at the Renaissance Courts of Britain is an invaluable resource for advanced students and researchers assessing the early modern court or the gendered exercise of power in Renaissance culture.""
Renaissance and Reformation ()
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