Maternity and Motherhood: the experiences of early Stuart Queens
All too often women in history are defined by their marital status, maternity and experiences of motherhood. Yet for some women motherhood was tied up with power and politics, and they could be perceived as a threat to society through the very duty they were expected to fulfil.
Join Amy Saunders to hear about how motherhood and maternity affected three seventeenth-century Stuart Queens: Anne of Denmark, Henrietta Maria, and Catherine of Braganza.