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Author : Sharon Bennett Connolly
Release : 2024-06-15
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 746/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Heroines of the Tudor World by : Sharon Bennett Connolly
Download or read book Heroines of the Tudor World written by Sharon Bennett Connolly. This book was released on 2024-06-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stories of the most remarkable women from European history in the time of the Tudor dynasty, 1485-1603.
Author : Elizabeth Norton
Release : 2017-07-04
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 909/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Hidden Lives of Tudor Women by : Elizabeth Norton
Download or read book The Hidden Lives of Tudor Women written by Elizabeth Norton. This book was released on 2017-07-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The turbulent Tudor Age never fails to capture the imagination. But what was it truly like to be a woman during this era? The Tudor period conjures up images of queens and noblewomen in elaborate court dress; of palace intrigue and dramatic politics. But if you were a woman, it was also a time when death during childbirth was rife; when marriage was usually a legal contract, not a matter for love, and the education you could hope to receive was minimal at best. Yet the Tudor century was also dominated by powerful and dynamic women in a way that no era had been before. Historian Elizabeth Norton explores the life cycle of the Tudor woman, from childhood to old age, through the diverging examples of women such as Elizabeth Tudor, Henry VIII’s sister; Cecily Burbage, Elizabeth's wet nurse; Mary Howard, widowed but influential at court; Elizabeth Boleyn, mother of a controversial queen; and Elizabeth Barton, a peasant girl who would be lauded as a prophetess. Their stories are interwoven with studies of topics ranging from Tudor toys to contraception to witchcraft, painting a portrait of the lives of queens and serving maids, nuns and harlots, widows and chaperones. Norton brings this vibrant period to colorful life in an evocative and insightful social history.
Author : Retha M. Warnicke
Release : 2012-03-15
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 379/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Wicked Women of Tudor England by : Retha M. Warnicke
Download or read book Wicked Women of Tudor England written by Retha M. Warnicke. This book was released on 2012-03-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book delves into the lives of six Tudor women celebrated for their reputed 'wickedness'— Anne Boleyn and Katherine Howard, the two consorts of Henry VIII who were executed for adultery; Anne Seymour, duchess of Somerset, and Lettice Dudley, countess of Essex and Leicester, two defamed noblewomen; and Jane and Alice More, the two wives of Sir Thomas More who were charged with contrariness and shrewishness. In the process, author Retha Warnicke rescues these women from historical misrepresentations and helps us rediscover the complex world of Tudor society.
Author : Sharon Bennett Connolly
Release : 2017-09-15
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 655/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Heroines of the Medieval World by : Sharon Bennett Connolly
Download or read book Heroines of the Medieval World written by Sharon Bennett Connolly. This book was released on 2017-09-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stories of women, famous, infamous and unknown, who shaped the course of medieval history.
Author : Elizabeth Norton
Release : 2013-07-15
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 087/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Boleyn Women by : Elizabeth Norton
Download or read book The Boleyn Women written by Elizabeth Norton. This book was released on 2013-07-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The family of Anne Boleyn, the infamous wife of Henry VIII, appeared from nowhere at the end of the fourteenth century and rose to prominence at the beginning of a century that would end with a Boleyn woman, Elizabeth I, on the throne.
