Join Tudor Times for three afternoons of talks exploring royal marriages in late-fifteenth and sixteenth century Europe. Each session comprises three talks by experts, followed by a round table discussion. The sessions may be purchased separately, or at a discount for all three. This product is Summit One only. Summit Two may be purchased here, Summit Three here, and a combined ticket here.
- Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, with Nathen Amin.
Elizabeth of York’s claims to the English throne made her the ideal wife for Henry, Earl of Richmond, in his bid to claim the English Crown. His 1484 oath to marry Elizabeth appealed to disaffected Yorkists and undoubtedly helped him to victory and enthronement as Henry VII. After they were married Henry and Elizabeth were the model royal couple, fertile, devoted to each and their children, and united in their piety.
- Anne of Brittany and her two husbands, Charles VIII and Louis XII, with Melita Thomas.
Anne of Brittany inherited the independent duchy of Brittany at the age of eleven. Despite strenuous efforts to avoid being forced into a marriage that would subsume her duchy into the French Crown, Anne was obliged to marry first, Charles VIII, then Louis XII. During her first marriage, she had little independence, but her second union was personally more successful and gave her greater opportunities to manage her own duchy. However, not everything went to plan…Anne is the only woman to twice be crowned queen of France, and her marriages were fundamental to the development of the nation of France as it is today.
- Margaret Tudor and James IV, with Dr Linda Porter.
The daughter of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, Margaret Tudor was married, aged thirteen, to James IV of Scotland, in fulfilment of the Treaty of Perpetual Peace. The alliance was intended to end centuries of Anglo-Scottish warfare but did not achieve its aim. Margaret’s husband was killed by her brother, Henry VIII’s, troops at the devastating Battle of Flodden. As widow and guardian of her son, James V Margaret had a difficult path to traverse - the object of suspicion as a foreigner in Scotland, but unable to rely on Henry as his sibling rivalry led him constantly to undermine her.
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