Speaker: Elizabeth Norton
Topic: Anne of Cleves: Henry VIII’s Discarded Queen
Venue: Vinson Lecture Theatre
Time: 10:30-11:30 Sunday 17 September
Talk Summary:
Anne of Cleves, the fourth wife of Henry VIII, is a neglected figure, disparaged as the ‘Flanders mare’. Yet her life, before, during and after her marriage to the Tudor monarch, is a fascinating one, which had major consequences for both England and Europe. Elizabeth Norton reassesses the importance of this unjustly ‘discarded’ queen.
Elizabeth Norton is a London-based historian specialising in the queens of England and the Tudor period, and has taught History at King’s College, London and RADA. Her most recent books are the critically acclaimed The Lives of Tudor Women and The Temptation of Elizabeth Tudor.