How to Become Queen in Early Modern Europe
Not Just the Tudors
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In early modern europe queens did not come fully formed. A series of rites, rituals and ceremonies transformed a hesitant bride into a fully fledged monarch. Underneath all these customs were real live women who embarked on an exciting journey to marry a stranger. The royal families europe were intricately interconnected. And so it makes sense to study how one became a queen by looking comparatively at different european countries.
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