The Tudors in love : the courtly code behind the last medieval dynasty
Gristwood, Sarah2021
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Why did Henry VIII marry six times? Why did Anne Boleyn have to die? Why did Elizabeth I's courtiers hail her as a goddess come to earth? The dramas of courtly love have captivated centuries of readers and dreamers. Yet too often they're dismissed as something existing only in books and song - those old legends of King Arthur and chivalric fantasy. Not so. In this ground-breaking history, Sarah Gristwood reveals the way courtly love made and marred the Tudor dynasty. From Henry VIII declaring himself as the 'loyal and most assured servant' of Anne Boleyn to Elizabeth I's poems to her suitors, the Tudors re-enacted the roles of the devoted lovers and capricious mistresses first laid out in the romances of medieval literature.
Main title:
The Tudors in love : the courtly code behind the last medieval dynasty / Sarah Gristwood.
Author:
Gristwood, Sarah, author
Imprint:
London : Oneworld, 2021.
Collation:
viii, 392 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781786078940 (hbk)
Dewey class:
942.050922942.05
LC class:
DA317.1
Local class:
B TUD942.05092
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2968644