Article: The Tudor Queens of England.(Book review)

The Tudor Queens of England

David Loades

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One of the more remarkable features of 16th-century royal history is the large number or women rulers, consorts or regents who, at various times and in different places, held the fate of nations in their hands. It is remarkable because the received wisdom at the time was that it was against the divinely ordained scheme of things for a woman to hold the reins of power. Yet this prejudice faltered when major European royal dynasties were forced to rely on women for their survival.

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