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Warnicke, Retha M.

Wicked women of Tudor England : queens, aristocrats, commoners / Retha M. Warnicke. - 1st ed. - New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. - x, 272 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Queenship and power . - Queenship and power. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-259) and index.

Introduction -- Queen Anne Boleyn -- Queen Katherine Howard -- Anne Seymour, Duchess of Somerset -- Lettice, Countess of Essex and Leicester, 1543-1634 -- Jane More -- Alice More -- Conclusion.

This book delves into the lives of six Tudor women celebrated for their reputed 'wickedness'-- Anne Boleyn and Katherine Howard, the two consorts of Henry VIII who were executed for adultery; Anne Seymour, duchess of Somerset, and Lettice Dudley, countess of Essex and Leicester, two defamed noblewomen; and Jane and Alice More, the two wives of Sir Thomas More who were charged with contrariness and shrewishness. In the process, author Retha Warnicke rescues these women from historical misrepresentations and helps us rediscover the complex world of Tudor society.

ISBN: 9780230391925 (alk. paper) 0230391923 (alk. paper) 9781137032379 (pbk.) 1137032375 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2011040213

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women--Great Britain--Biography.
Women--Social conditions--Great Britain--16th century.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Great Britain--History--Tudors, 1485-1603--Biography.
England--Social conditions--16th century.

LC Class. No.: DA317.3 / .W37 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 942.0509252