Sarah GristwoodThe Tudors in Love
The Courtly Code Behind the Last Medieval Dynasty
Sarah Gristwood is the author of four previous books of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century history: the Sunday Times bestseller Arbella: England¿s Lost Queen; Elizabeth & Leicester; Blood Sisters: The Women Behind the Wars of the Roses; and the widely translated Game of Queens. A former journalist, contributing to papers such as the Guardian and the Telegraph, she has also written a number of books on twentieth-century subjects. A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, she features frequently at history festivals, and on radio and television discussing the past and present of Britain¿s monarchy. @sarahgristwood
Contents
Prologue
Introduction
PART I: Origins
1. Chrétien, the Countess and the Chaplain (12th century)
2. Realpolitik and the Roman (13th century)
3. The Commedia, Chaucer and Christine (14th century)
4. Lancaster (1400-1461)
5. York (1461-1485)
PART II: 1485-1525
6. 'nothing uxorious' (1485-1502)
7. 'to marry whom he choose' (1502-1509)
8. 'Sir Loyal Heart' (1509-1515)
9. 'mine own heart and mind' (1515-1525)
PART III: 1525-1536
10. 'My Mistress and friend' (1525-1527)
11. 'our desired end' (1527-1533)
12. 'the most happy' (1533-early spring 1536)
13. 'the spotted queen' (April/May 1536)
PART IV: 1536-1558
14. 'My faithful, true and loving heart' (1536-1540)
15. 'it makes my heart die' (1540-1547)
16. 'shameful slanders' (1547-1553)
17. 'a husband may do much' (1553-1558)
PART V: 1558-1584
18. 'the King that is to be' (1558-1563)
19. 'satiety and fullness' (1563-1575)
20. 'against my nature' (1575-1584)
PART VI: 1584-1603
21. 'this old song' (1584-1587)
22. 'Cold love' (1587-1590)
23. 'confusion and contrariety' (1590-1599)
24. 'Affection's false' (1599-1603)
Postscript
Appendix: The Many Faces of Guinevere
Acknowledgements
Notes and Further Reading
Index
