King Louis XIV performing the role of Apollo in the 1663 Ballet de la Nuit. When the King stopped performing in middle age, he continued...

The twenty five year old Elizabeth I in her coronation robes, embroidered with Tudor roses Since Elizabeth I was preceded by her sister...

Elizabeth largely ignored the King of Spain’s advice but adopted a similar tone with her younger cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots. The Queen...

Since Mary’s subjects feared Philip would wield power in England as Mary’s husband, the Queen insisted on a contract that preserved her...

The shifting fortunes of these royal women during the political turbulence have inspired centuries of literary interpretation from...

One of the fascinating themes of The Diamond Queen is the relationship between the monarchy and the social and cultural changes that have...

Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth and Queen Elizabeth II mourn King George VI in 1952. This continuous presence of reigning and dowager...

Canterbury Cathedral, seat of the Church of England Bradley provides the full historical context for debates concerning the religious...

At 525 pages plus footnotes, bibliography and index, Shooting Victoria is longer than most popularly published works of royal history but...

Junor provides unique examples of how this life in the public eye both expanded and limited William’s experiences. While the publicity...

After thirty years of Tudor propaganda designed to blacken the late King Richard III’s reputation, Cardinal Wolsey was incredulous that...

Loades argues that within this context, Mary’s decision to marry Suffolk was neither emotional nor impulsive but instead combined her...

Tsar Aleksei Mikhailovich Selects His Bride by Grigory Sedov Martin judges Sedov’s painting to be the most accurate representation of the...

In The Divorce of Henry VIII: The Untold Story from Inside the Vatican, Catherine Fletcher presents the negotiations surrounding the...

Although Eleanor enjoyed a warm relationship with her brother in childhood, she identified herself completely with Simon’s cause,...

In recent years, there has been an outpouring of popular and scholarly history books looking at the relationships between royal mothers...

Gold is understandably sympathetic to Melusine’s situation as the unofficial royal consort. Her narrative, however often shows the same...

As regent of Normandy during William’s conquest of England, Matilda would have been too busy ruling her husband’s fractious domains to...

Portrait miniature by Nicholas Hilliard of Lettice Knollys, Countess of Leicester (1543-1634), one of the most notorious women of...

Despite their immense wealth, patronage and influence, both women experienced significant mistreatment in their marriages as Marie’s...