Elizabeth of York and Her Six Daughters-in-Law: Fashioning Tudor Queenship, 1485–1547 (Queenship and Power) - Hardcover

Retha M. Warnicke is Professor of History at Arizona State University, USA. She is the author of several books on women:  Women of the English Renaissance and Reformation (1983); The Rise and Fall of Anne Boleyn: Family Politics at the Court of Henry VIII (1989); The Marrying of Anne of Cleves: Royal Protocol in Tudor England (2000); and Wicked Women of Tudor England: Queens, Aristocrats, and Commoners (Palgrave, 2012).

“This novel study of Tudor queenship combines the author’s widely known meticulous research with an innovative comparative approach. Rather than a typical chronological narrative, Warnicke positions various Tudor queens with and against each other as their unique experiences warrant, and these juxtapositions yield one rich reading after another.” (Jo Carney, Professor of English, The College of New Jersey, USA)

“This important study, the first to analyze all seven Tudor queen consorts, examines their private and public lives while assessing their duties, power, and influence. Warnicke not only illuminates the role of the queen consort through time and across reigns but underscores the consort’s importance and centrality to court and country in Tudor England. This is an invaluable resource for any student or scholar of queenship and Tudor history.” (Sarah Duncan, Associate Professor of History, Spring Hill College, USA)