1st Edition
Jane Seymour Patronage, Material Culture and Image Crafting
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1: Jane’s Life
Chapter 2: Queenship and Political Role
Chapter 3: The Material Culture of Jane’s Queenship
Chapter 4: Jane’s Household
Chapter 5: Income, Lands and Estates
Chapter 6: Jane’s Religion
Chapter 7: Memorialising Jane
Conclusion
Appendix 1: Jane’s Letters
Appendix 2: Jane’s Wardrobe Accounts (TNA LC 5/31)
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Elizabeth Norton is an historian specializing in queenship and the Tudor period. She has a PhD in Early Modern British History from King’s College London, a masters degree from the University of Oxford and an undergraduate degree from the University of Cambridge. She has taught History at King’s College London and has published a number of journal articles. She is also interested in public history and is the author of The Lives of Tudor Women (2016) and Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy (2025).
"This is a long overdue reappraisal of Jane Seymour. Drawing on meticulous archival research, especially the evidence of estate management and indentures, Norton reconstructs Jane as an active queen consort: a political actor working through patronage, intercession, household, and image craft, rather than a passive interlude between more dramatic wives. A persuasive and important contribution to Tudor queenship studies."
Estelle Paranque, Northeastern University London
