The Hidden Lives of Tudor Women by Elizabeth Norton

The Hidden Lives of Tudor Women by Elizabeth Norton

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 VI'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.

Elizabeth Norton is a historian who specializes on English queens during the Tudor era. She is the author of Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, and Catherine Parr biographies. She resides in the United Kingdom.

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ISBN 13	9781681778044
ISBN 10	1681778041
Title	The Hidden Lives of Tudor Women
Author	Elizabeth Norton
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Pegasus Books
Year published	2018-08-14
Number of pages	416
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