Ladies-In-Waiting: Women Who Served at the Tudor Court
- ISBN-10
- 150040845X
- ISBN-13
- 9781500408459
- Category
- Courts and courtiers
- Pages
- 202
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-07-04
- Publisher
- Createspace Independent Pub
- Author
- Victoria Sylvia Evans
Description
Drawing on a variety of sixteenth-century sources such as manuscripts, household accounts, chronicles and personal letters, Victoria Sylvia Evans explores the role of ladies-in-waiting at the Tudor court. - What responsibilities did ladies-in-waiting and maids of honour have? - What was required to be selected as a lady-in-waiting? - What did an ordinary day at court look like? - What role did ladies-in-waiting play in the fall of Anne Boleyn and Katherine Howard? - Who are some of the most famous ladies to have served the Tudor queens? These and many other topics are covered in Ladies-in-Waiting: Women Who Served at the Tudor Court.
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