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The Lives of Tudor Women
Elizabeth Norton
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Description for The Lives of Tudor Women
Paperback. A lively and insightful study of the many roles played by women in the Tudor era, from queens to wet-nurses and countesses to serving maids. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1 x 8pp colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
The turbulent Tudor age never fails to capture the imagination. But what was it actually like to be a woman during this period? This was a time when death in infancy or during childbirth was rife; when marriage was usually a legal contract, not a matter for love, and the education of women was minimal at best. Yet the Tudor century was also dominated by powerful and characterful women in a way that no era had been before. Elizabeth Norton explores the seven ages of the Tudor woman, from childhood to old age, through the diverging ... Read more
The turbulent Tudor age never fails to capture the imagination. But what was it actually like to be a woman during this period? This was a time when death in infancy or during childbirth was rife; when marriage was usually a legal contract, not a matter for love, and the education of women was minimal at best. Yet the Tudor century was also dominated by powerful and characterful women in a way that no era had been before. Elizabeth Norton explores the seven ages of the Tudor woman, from childhood to old age, through the diverging ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Head of Zeus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784081768
SKU
V9781784081768
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Ref
99-50
About Elizabeth Norton
Elizabeth Norton is a historian of the queens of England and the Tudor period. She is the author of biographies of Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves and Catherine Parr, and of England's Queens: The Biography.
Reviews for The Lives of Tudor Women
'A highly illuminating and delightful read, and can be highly recommended' Isabel Busch, Haus der FrauenGeschichte. 'The Seymour scandal [...] would lead to the creation of the Virgin Queen, a process chronicled in great depth in this extraordinary account of the early Elizabethan years' Historical Trips UK. 'Fascinating ... Rises above the level of gallimaufry and, as so often, it's ... Read more