The French Queen's Letters - Mary Tudor Brandon and the Politics of Marriage in Sixteenth-Century Europe (Hardcover)

The life of Mary Tudor the French queen, younger sister of Henry VIII, has been chiefly defined by the scandal of her secret marriage to Charles Brandon after the death of her husband, Louis XII of France. Such limited focus has obscured Mary's role as a political figure, one whom poets celebrated for bringing peace between England and France. In this biography, Erin Sadlack contends that Mary was neither a weeping hysteric nor a love-struck romantic, but a queen who drew on two sources of authority to increase the power of her position: epistolary conventions and the rhetoric of chivalry that imbued the French and English courts. By reading Mary's life and letters within the context of early modern political culture, this book broadens our understanding of the exercise of queenship in the sixteenth century.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Queenship and Power
Release date:	April 2011
First published:	2011
Authors:	E. Sadlack
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
Pages:	266
ISBN-13:	978-0-230-62030-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Royalty Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Biography > Royalty Promotions
LSN:	0-230-62030-2
Barcode:	9780230620308

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