Later Stuart queens, 1660-1735 : religion, political culture, and patronage

Later Stuart queens, 1660-1735 : religion, political culture, and patronage / Eilish Gregory, Michael C. Questier, editors.

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...

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Other Authors: Gregory, Eilish (Editor), Questier, Michael C. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2023]
Series:Queenship and power.
Subjects:
Stuart, House of.
Stuart, House of
Queens > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Queens > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Queens
Great Britain
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The reputation of Dowager Queen Henrietta Maria and the Restoration Monarchy
  • Catherine of Braganza, Queen Dowager of England, 1685-1692: Catholicism and political agency
  • Catherine of Bragana, Dowager Queen of England's Anglophile Counsel in Portugal, 1693-1705
  • Mary of Modena: Patronage, poetry, and power
  • Contesting Catholic motherhood: Mary Beatrice of Modena, the Glorious Revolution, and queenly agency
  • Mary II, poetry and the construction of queenship, 1677-1695
  • A world of interiors: Mary II's patronage of the decorative arts
  • The architectural works commissioned at Hampton Court by Queen Mary II and Queen Anne
  • Sickly and spent: Reassessing the life and afterlife of Anne of Great Britain, 1702-1714
  • The crown can never have too many livings: Queen Anne's patronage of the clergy, 1702-1714
  • La terrible catastrofe: Political reactions to the estrangement of Maria Clementina Sobieska and James III, 1725-27
  • A crown of everlasting glory: The afterlife of Maria Clementina Sobieska in material and visual culture.

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