Overview
- Seeks to re-insert queens into the mainstream of Stuart and early Georgian studies
- Explores queens' participation in political, religious, and cultural exchanges in Britain and Europe
- Illustrates how queens continued to exercise power as dowagers
Part of the book series: Queenship and Power (QAP)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
About this book
This book gathers contributions on the later Stuart queens and queen consorts. It seeks to re-insert Henrietta Maria, Catherine of Braganza, Mary of Modena, Mary II, Anne, and Maria Clementina Sobieska into the mainstream of Stuart and early Georgian studies, concentrating on the later Stuart queens from the restoration of King Charles II (who married Catherine of Braganza in 1662) until the death of Maria Clementina Sobieska in 1735, who was married to James Francis Edward Stuart, the titular King James III, otherwise known as the Old Pretender. It showcases these women’s roles as queen consorts and as ruling queens in Britain and Europe, and reveals how their positions allowed them to act as power-brokers, diplomats, patrons, and religious trendsetters during their lifetimes. It also explores their impact in early modern Britain and Europe by assessing their influence in religion, political culture, and the promotion of patronage.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Michael C. Questier is Honorary Chair at the Centre for Catholic Studies, University of Durham, UK.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Later Stuart Queens, 1660–1735
Book Subtitle: Religion, Political Culture, and Patronage
Editors: Eilish Gregory, Michael C. Questier
Series Title: Queenship and Power
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38813-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-38812-5Published: 05 January 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-38815-6Due: 05 February 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-38813-2Published: 04 January 2024
Series ISSN: 2730-938X
Series E-ISSN: 2730-9398
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 368
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 26 illustrations in colour
Topics: History of Britain and Ireland, History of Early Modern Europe, History, general