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Author Norrie, Aidan.
Title Hanoverian to Windsor Consorts : Power, Influence, and Dynasty.
Publisher Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2023.
Copyright date ©2023.


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Contents Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Praise for Hanoverian to Windsor Consorts -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Hanoverian to Windsor Consorts: Power, Influence, Dynasty -- The Act of Settlement -- The Perth Agreement -- Change and Continuity -- Further Reading -- SECTION I: Hanoverian Consorts -- Chapter 2: The Hanoverian Consorts: Enlightenment and Empire -- Chapter 3: Caroline of Ansbach: Life and Literature -- Early Life -- Princess of Wales -- Queen Consort -- Caroline's Library and Literary Patronage -- Politics and Literary Culture -- Protestantism and Dynastic Motherhood -- Royal Power -- Patronage and Maternal Legacy -- Chapter 4: Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz: The Enlightened Nurturer -- Early Years and Upbringing -- Marriage and Coronation -- Looks and Appearances -- Domesticity, Motherhood, and Self-Fashioning -- Politics and Philanthropy -- Cultural Interests and Patronage -- Regency Crisis and Loyalty -- The Retreat: Sentiment and Civic Idealisation -- Death and Legacy -- Chapter 5: Caroline of Brunswick: Queen on Trial -- Princess of Brunswick -- Marriage -- Prosecuting a Queen -- Defending a Queen -- After the Trial -- Chapter 6: Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen: The Childless Queen Mother -- Birth and Childhood -- Marriage -- Children -- From Duchess to Queen -- The Reform Question -- Princess Victoria -- Queen Dowager -- Queen Mother -- Whigs and Tories -- Death -- The Two Queens -- Chapter 7: Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha: Prince Consort of the World -- Finding a Role -- Collecting and Exhibiting the World -- Albert and India -- Royal Tours -- Albert's Imperial Legacy -- Chapter 8: The Hanoverian Consorts: Progresses, Pageants, and Performance -- Royal Progresses in the Long Eighteenth Century -- Arrival of the Consort -- Consort and Monarch Relationships -- Public Roles of Consorts.
Private Roles of Consorts -- Family Legacy -- Section II: Windsor Consorts -- Chapter 9: The Windsor Consorts: Longevity and the Modern Monarchy -- Chapter 10: Alexandra of Denmark: Fashioning the Modern Consort -- Early Life -- Engagement and Marriage -- Married Life -- Queen Consort -- Queen -- Widow -- A Queen's Wardrobe -- Chapter 11: Mary of Teck: A Dutiful Consort -- Queen Mary's Royal Background -- Engagements, Marriage, and Children -- Imperial Tours -- Accession to the Throne, the Coronation, and the First World War -- Silver Jubilee and Death of George V -- Edward VIII and the Abdication Crisis -- George VI and the Second World War -- Deaths of George VI and Queen Mary -- Legacy -- Chapter 12: Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon: The People's Matriarch -- The Earl's Daughter -- The Duchess of York -- The Queen Consort -- The Queen Mother -- Chapter 13: Prince Philip: The Unlikely Moderniser -- Childhood -- Courtship and Marriage -- Marriage and Monarchy -- Working Life -- Remoulding the Monarchy -- Leaving the Stage -- Chapter 14: The Windsor Consorts: Matriarchy and Modernisation -- From Maternity to Matriarchy -- A Male Consort in the Windsor Matriarchy -- Official Status and Duties -- Chapter 15: Camilla and Catherine: The Future of the Royal Consort -- The Death of Prince Philip in 2021 -- Consorts in a Time of Crisis -- Camilla Parker Bowles -- The Duchess of Cornwall -- The Duchess of Cambridge -- Camilla and Catherine -- The Future of the Royal Consort -- Index.
ISBN 9783031128295 (electronic bk.)
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Author Norrie, Aidan.
Series Queenship and Power Ser.
Queenship and Power Ser.
Alt author Harris, Carolyn.
Laynesmith, J. L.
Messer, Danna R.
Woodacre, Elena.
Descript 1 online resource (321 pages)
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Contents Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Praise for Hanoverian to Windsor Consorts -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Hanoverian to Windsor Consorts: Power, Influence, Dynasty -- The Act of Settlement -- The Perth Agreement -- Change and Continuity -- Further Reading -- SECTION I: Hanoverian Consorts -- Chapter 2: The Hanoverian Consorts: Enlightenment and Empire -- Chapter 3: Caroline of Ansbach: Life and Literature -- Early Life -- Princess of Wales -- Queen Consort -- Caroline's Library and Literary Patronage -- Politics and Literary Culture -- Protestantism and Dynastic Motherhood -- Royal Power -- Patronage and Maternal Legacy -- Chapter 4: Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz: The Enlightened Nurturer -- Early Years and Upbringing -- Marriage and Coronation -- Looks and Appearances -- Domesticity, Motherhood, and Self-Fashioning -- Politics and Philanthropy -- Cultural Interests and Patronage -- Regency Crisis and Loyalty -- The Retreat: Sentiment and Civic Idealisation -- Death and Legacy -- Chapter 5: Caroline of Brunswick: Queen on Trial -- Princess of Brunswick -- Marriage -- Prosecuting a Queen -- Defending a Queen -- After the Trial -- Chapter 6: Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen: The Childless Queen Mother -- Birth and Childhood -- Marriage -- Children -- From Duchess to Queen -- The Reform Question -- Princess Victoria -- Queen Dowager -- Queen Mother -- Whigs and Tories -- Death -- The Two Queens -- Chapter 7: Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha: Prince Consort of the World -- Finding a Role -- Collecting and Exhibiting the World -- Albert and India -- Royal Tours -- Albert's Imperial Legacy -- Chapter 8: The Hanoverian Consorts: Progresses, Pageants, and Performance -- Royal Progresses in the Long Eighteenth Century -- Arrival of the Consort -- Consort and Monarch Relationships -- Public Roles of Consorts.
Private Roles of Consorts -- Family Legacy -- Section II: Windsor Consorts -- Chapter 9: The Windsor Consorts: Longevity and the Modern Monarchy -- Chapter 10: Alexandra of Denmark: Fashioning the Modern Consort -- Early Life -- Engagement and Marriage -- Married Life -- Queen Consort -- Queen -- Widow -- A Queen's Wardrobe -- Chapter 11: Mary of Teck: A Dutiful Consort -- Queen Mary's Royal Background -- Engagements, Marriage, and Children -- Imperial Tours -- Accession to the Throne, the Coronation, and the First World War -- Silver Jubilee and Death of George V -- Edward VIII and the Abdication Crisis -- George VI and the Second World War -- Deaths of George VI and Queen Mary -- Legacy -- Chapter 12: Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon: The People's Matriarch -- The Earl's Daughter -- The Duchess of York -- The Queen Consort -- The Queen Mother -- Chapter 13: Prince Philip: The Unlikely Moderniser -- Childhood -- Courtship and Marriage -- Marriage and Monarchy -- Working Life -- Remoulding the Monarchy -- Leaving the Stage -- Chapter 14: The Windsor Consorts: Matriarchy and Modernisation -- From Maternity to Matriarchy -- A Male Consort in the Windsor Matriarchy -- Official Status and Duties -- Chapter 15: Camilla and Catherine: The Future of the Royal Consort -- The Death of Prince Philip in 2021 -- Consorts in a Time of Crisis -- Camilla Parker Bowles -- The Duchess of Cornwall -- The Duchess of Cambridge -- Camilla and Catherine -- The Future of the Royal Consort -- Index.
ISBN 9783031128295 (electronic bk.)
Author Norrie, Aidan.
Series Queenship and Power Ser.
Queenship and Power Ser.
Alt author Harris, Carolyn.
Laynesmith, J. L.
Messer, Danna R.
Woodacre, Elena.

Descript 1 online resource (321 pages)
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Contents Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Praise for Hanoverian to Windsor Consorts -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Hanoverian to Windsor Consorts: Power, Influence, Dynasty -- The Act of Settlement -- The Perth Agreement -- Change and Continuity -- Further Reading -- SECTION I: Hanoverian Consorts -- Chapter 2: The Hanoverian Consorts: Enlightenment and Empire -- Chapter 3: Caroline of Ansbach: Life and Literature -- Early Life -- Princess of Wales -- Queen Consort -- Caroline's Library and Literary Patronage -- Politics and Literary Culture -- Protestantism and Dynastic Motherhood -- Royal Power -- Patronage and Maternal Legacy -- Chapter 4: Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz: The Enlightened Nurturer -- Early Years and Upbringing -- Marriage and Coronation -- Looks and Appearances -- Domesticity, Motherhood, and Self-Fashioning -- Politics and Philanthropy -- Cultural Interests and Patronage -- Regency Crisis and Loyalty -- The Retreat: Sentiment and Civic Idealisation -- Death and Legacy -- Chapter 5: Caroline of Brunswick: Queen on Trial -- Princess of Brunswick -- Marriage -- Prosecuting a Queen -- Defending a Queen -- After the Trial -- Chapter 6: Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen: The Childless Queen Mother -- Birth and Childhood -- Marriage -- Children -- From Duchess to Queen -- The Reform Question -- Princess Victoria -- Queen Dowager -- Queen Mother -- Whigs and Tories -- Death -- The Two Queens -- Chapter 7: Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha: Prince Consort of the World -- Finding a Role -- Collecting and Exhibiting the World -- Albert and India -- Royal Tours -- Albert's Imperial Legacy -- Chapter 8: The Hanoverian Consorts: Progresses, Pageants, and Performance -- Royal Progresses in the Long Eighteenth Century -- Arrival of the Consort -- Consort and Monarch Relationships -- Public Roles of Consorts.
Private Roles of Consorts -- Family Legacy -- Section II: Windsor Consorts -- Chapter 9: The Windsor Consorts: Longevity and the Modern Monarchy -- Chapter 10: Alexandra of Denmark: Fashioning the Modern Consort -- Early Life -- Engagement and Marriage -- Married Life -- Queen Consort -- Queen -- Widow -- A Queen's Wardrobe -- Chapter 11: Mary of Teck: A Dutiful Consort -- Queen Mary's Royal Background -- Engagements, Marriage, and Children -- Imperial Tours -- Accession to the Throne, the Coronation, and the First World War -- Silver Jubilee and Death of George V -- Edward VIII and the Abdication Crisis -- George VI and the Second World War -- Deaths of George VI and Queen Mary -- Legacy -- Chapter 12: Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon: The People's Matriarch -- The Earl's Daughter -- The Duchess of York -- The Queen Consort -- The Queen Mother -- Chapter 13: Prince Philip: The Unlikely Moderniser -- Childhood -- Courtship and Marriage -- Marriage and Monarchy -- Working Life -- Remoulding the Monarchy -- Leaving the Stage -- Chapter 14: The Windsor Consorts: Matriarchy and Modernisation -- From Maternity to Matriarchy -- A Male Consort in the Windsor Matriarchy -- Official Status and Duties -- Chapter 15: Camilla and Catherine: The Future of the Royal Consort -- The Death of Prince Philip in 2021 -- Consorts in a Time of Crisis -- Camilla Parker Bowles -- The Duchess of Cornwall -- The Duchess of Cambridge -- Camilla and Catherine -- The Future of the Royal Consort -- Index.
Alt author Harris, Carolyn.
Laynesmith, J. L.
Messer, Danna R.
Woodacre, Elena.
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