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Sarah Gristwood''s The Tudors in Love offers a brilliant history of the Tudor dynasty, showing how the rules of romantic courtly love irrevocably shaped the politics and international diplomacy of the period.

Why did Henry VIII marry six times? Why did Anne Boleyn have to die? Why did Elizabeth I''s courtiers hail her as a goddess come to earth?

The dramas of courtly love have captivated centuries of readers and dreamers. Yet too often they''re dismissed as something existing only in books and song--those old legends of King Arthur and chivalric fantasy.

Not so. In this ground-breaking history, Sarah Gristwood reveals the way courtly love made and marred the Tudor dynasty. From Henry VIII declaring himself as the loyal and most assured servant'' of Anne Boleyn to the poems lavished on Elizabeth I by her suitors, the Tudors re-enacted the roles of the devoted lovers and capricious mistresses first laid out in the romances of medieval literature.

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      Publisher: St. Martin's Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 13/12/2022
      ISBN13: 9781250271426, 978-1250271426
      ISBN10: 1250271428

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Sarah Gristwood''s The Tudors in Love offers a brilliant history of the Tudor dynasty, showing how the rules of romantic courtly love irrevocably shaped the politics and international diplomacy of the period.

      Why did Henry VIII marry six times? Why did Anne Boleyn have to die? Why did Elizabeth I''s courtiers hail her as a goddess come to earth?

      The dramas of courtly love have captivated centuries of readers and dreamers. Yet too often they''re dismissed as something existing only in books and song--those old legends of King Arthur and chivalric fantasy.

      Not so. In this ground-breaking history, Sarah Gristwood reveals the way courtly love made and marred the Tudor dynasty. From Henry VIII declaring himself as the loyal and most assured servant'' of Anne Boleyn to the poems lavished on Elizabeth I by her suitors, the Tudors re-enacted the roles of the devoted lovers and capricious mistresses first laid out in the romances of medieval literature.

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