Title: Henrietta Maria
Description: "This essay collection is a study of Queen Henrietta Maria and her multi-faceted roles and responsibilities. These essays explore and shed new light on the Queen's various roles: a patron of performing and visual arts with taste and influence comparable to her husband's, her salient political position between sentiments at the outbreak of the English Civil War. This collection presents a new assessment of female power and influence at the early modern court."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Intellectual life, Art patronage, Queens, Biography, Social life and customs, Henrietta maria, queen, consort of charles i, king of england, 1609-1669, Queens, great britain, Great britain, biography, Great britain, intellectual life, Great britain, social life and customs, HISTORY, Manners and customs
Places: Great Britain
People: Henrietta Maria Queen, consort of Charles I, King of England (1609-1669)
Time periods: 17th century