delving into the emotional and political lives of three young Renaissance queens

  • Written by: Jessica O'Leary, Research Fellow, Gender and Women's History Research Centre, Australian Catholic University
delving into the emotional and political lives of three young Renaissance queensFrom left to right: Mary, Queen of Scotts, Elisabeth de Valois and Catherine de Medici.Wikimedia Commons

Young Queens tells the entwined stories of Catherine de’ Medici, her daughter Elisabeth, Queen of Spain and her daughter-in-law, Mary, Queen of Scots. Each of these women was a different type of queen: Queen Regnant, Queen Consort and...

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