Queen Charlotte

Family, Duty, Scandal
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-28041-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 390 Seiten, Format (B × H): 127 mm x 196 mm, Gewicht: 416 g

Reihe: Lives of Royal Women

This biography provides a well-rounded analysis of Queen Charlotte by considering her own perspectives on queenship and her role in Britain. It explores her relationships within the royal family and the court, how she was perceived in the British public sphere and in the press during her reign as queen consort, and the impact of the ‘madness’ of her husband, King George III.

This book provides readers with a comprehensive, nuanced, and sensitive analysis of Queen Charlotte’s life and legacy. Charlotte embodied many of the features of queenship and womanhood that were valued in this period, such as charity and familial duty, but she also struggled with her husband’s persistent insanity, political scandals, and issues with her many children. The book provides students and general readers with an exploration of this fascinating queen, who reigned as consort for an impressive 57 years, but who has been eclipsed by the legacies of her husband and her son. It also contributes to queenship studies by enhancing our understanding of how issues such as charity, political interference, and familial scandals impacted on the position of queen consort. This biography incorporates new sources and perspectives from both Britain and Germany, including material unearthed through the Georgian Papers Programme, as well as material culture and visual culture. It explores themes of print culture, Charlotte’s friendships, identity, and royal philanthropy.

Queen Charlotte is essential reading for students of eighteenth-century Britain and its Empire and the history of queenship, women, gender studies, and popular culture more broadly.

Zielgruppe

General, Postgraduate, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Garrett, Natalee

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Chapter 1: Princess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Chapter 2: Becoming Queen Charlotte

Chapter 3: ‘The Constant Couple’

Chapter 4: Mother and Matriarch

Chapter 5: An Apolitical Queen?

Chapter 6: Faith, Charity, and Patronage

Chapter 7: Death and Legacy

Conclusion

Appendix 1: The Hanoverians

Appendix 2: The House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Natalee Garrett is a Lecturer at the Open University, focusing on the history of public opinion, the press, and social elites in eighteenth-century Europe. Her recent publications include: ‘Royalty, Celebrity, and the Press in Georgian Britain, 1770–1820’, Royal Studies Journal, 9, no.2 (2022): 99–115 and ‘ “Albion's Queen by All Admir'd”: Reassessing the Public Reputation of Queen Charlotte, 1761–1818’, Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, 45, no. 3 (2022): 351–370.