Ladies-in-Waiting

Women Who Served at the Tudor Court

• Author(s): Victoria Sylvia Evans,
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Pages: 202
• ISBN_10: 150040845X
  ISBN_13: 9781500408459
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Europe / Great Britain / General ,

Description:... Drawing on a variety of sixteenth-century sources such as manuscripts, household accounts, chronicles and personal letters, Victoria Sylvia Evans explores the role of ladies-in-waiting at the Tudor court. - What responsibilities did ladies-in-waiting and maids of honour have? - What was required to be selected as a lady-in-waiting? - What did an ordinary day at court look like? - What role did ladies-in-waiting play in the fall of Anne Boleyn and Katherine Howard? - Who are some of the most famous ladies to have served the Tudor queens? These and many other topics are covered in Ladies-in-Waiting: Women Who Served at the Tudor Court.