Women and Culture at the Courts of the Stuart Queens

Clare McManus is the author of "Women on the Renaissance Stage: Anna of Denmark and Female Masquing in the Stuart Court (1590-1619).

Did the Stuart queens create their own courts, and can these courts shed new light on women's poetry, drama and performance? Unearthing the neglected history of the Stuart queens, these essays look afresh at the early modern European female elite to create a new picture of femininity for students and scholars of early modern culture.Did the Stuart queens create their own courts, and can these courts shed new light on women's poetry, drama and performance? This book investigates the literature, theatre, patronage and commissioning of the courts of Anna of Denmark (1603-19) and Henrietta Maria (1625-42). Unearthing the neglected history of the Stuart queens, these essays look afresh at the early modern European female elite to create a new picture of femininity for students and scholars of early modern culture.