Summary of Sarah Gristwood's Game of Queens

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 The girl who arrived at the court of the Netherlands in the summer of 1513 was a courtier’s daughter, bred to know the steps of the dangerous courtly dance. She knew how the pageantry of a Christmas masque could spell a message, and that in the great chess game of European politics, she might have a part to play.
#2 The court to which Anne Boleyn came was a place of culture and luxury. Among the books she could have seen in Margaret’s library was the already-famous Trés Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, as well as newer books decked with flowers in the margins.
#3 The Boleyn family had a history of social mobility. Anne’s father, Thomas, had made his fortune as a merchant. He was a courtier and a linguist, and heiress to half the Ormonde fortune.
#4 Anne Boleyn was sent to the court of Margaret of Austria in 1512, as her family’s agent and ambassador. She learned more than the French language there, she learned how to play the game of courtly love.

Sujets

• 16th Century
• Modern
• Histoire
• Modern history
• History
• Obermodern-Zutzendorf

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 20 mai 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798822517349
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Sarah Gristwood's Game of Queens
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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The girl who arrived at the court of the Netherlands in the summer of 1513 was a courtier’s daughter, bred to know the steps of the dangerous courtly dance. She knew how the pageantry of a Christmas masque could spell a message, and that in the great chess game of European politics, she might have a part to play.

#2

The court to which Anne Boleyn came was a place of culture and luxury. Among the books she could have seen in Margaret’s library was the already-famous Trés Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, as well as newer books decked with flowers in the margins.

#3

The Boleyn family had a history of social mobility. Anne’s father, Thomas, had made his fortune as a merchant. He was a courtier and a linguist, and heiress to half the Ormonde fortune.

#4

Anne Boleyn was sent to the court of Margaret of Austria in 1512, as her family’s agent and ambassador. She learned more than the French language there, she learned how to play the game of courtly love.

#5

The story of Anne Boleyn and Katherine of Aragon, and their daughters, was part of a much larger European picture. In the years ahead, the royal women of the British Isles would be woven into a web of rivalry and mutual reliance with Habsburg, Valois, and Medici women.
Insights from Chapter 2

#1

Isabella of Castile was the first queen regnant of Castile, and she was married to Ferdinand of Aragon, who was king of Aragon and Castile. They had a daughter, but no son. Isabella’s position changed when her half-brother Enrique died without a child to follow him, and she took the throne with Ferdinand by her side.

#2

The crusade against the Moors was to drive them out of Spain, and in 1483 another woman joined Isabella at the forefront of European politics: Anne de Beaujeu, ruling France on behalf of her thirteen-year-old brother, the new king.

#3

The Salic Law, which prohibited women from inheriting the throne, favored female authority in a limited sphere. Anne de Beaujeu, who was married to a brother of the Duc de Bourbon, was given charge of the young king Charles VIII in preference to the normal combination that would have included his widow as guardian.
Insights from Chapter 3

#1

The Duke of Burgundy, Maximilian, was furious at the Treaty of Arras, which gave away his daughter Margaret’s lands to France. He was cut off from power in his dead wife’s lands by a regency council appointed to take control during his son’s minority.

#2

In 1483, Margaret of Austria was married to her prospective husband, Charles VIII of France, at the Loire chateau of Amboise. Two months later, on 30 August, old King Louis XI died. Margaret became, nominally, France’s queen and Anne de Beaujeu became effectively its ruler.

#3

Louise of Savoy was married to Charles d’Angoulême, a junior scion of the d’Orléans family, in 1488. She was given a very favorable marriage contract, but she was still treated very differently than Margaret of Austria, who was married to the king of France.

#4

In 1491, Margaret of Austria’s secure and indulged life as Queen of France came to an abrupt end. The important dukedom of Brittany had been inherited by a young ruling duchess, just as Margaret’s mother Mary had inherited the duchy of Burgundy.

#5

The late medieval mind was fascinated by the twists and turns of Fortune, and she seemed to be favouring Louise of Savoy, the mother of an important son. But perhaps she had learned that it was not easy for a woman to control her destiny.
Insights from Chapter 4

#1

In 1493, Margaret’s father, Maximilian, became Holy Roman Emperor. She was used to cement his anti-French alliance. In 1495, she underwent a proxy marriage with her Spanish prince.