Queen Consorts in the Renaissance

Throughout this month, every episode of Not Just the Tudors is honouring Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee by focussing on some aspect of Queenship in the Early Modern period. In this first exploration, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb looks at Queens Consort - those wives of Kings so well-known to us - to whom we tend to ascribe a passive role. Today's guest Dr. Michelle Beer wants us to rethink that notion. Her work on Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scotland, and Catherine of Aragon suggests that Queens Consort also wielded power in ways that we have not recognised.For more Not Just The Tudors content, subscribe to our Tudor Tuesday newsletter here > If you'd like to learn even more, we have hundreds of history documentaries, ad-free podcasts and audiobooks at History Hit. Subscribe today >To download, go to Android > or Apple store >