The Untold Story of the Women Who Served the Tudor Queens

Nicola Clark explores the daily lives of ladies-in-waiting, the women who served the Tudor Queens.

About the event

Every Tudor Queen had ladies-in-waiting; they were her confidantes and her chaperones. Only the Queen’s ladies had the right to enter her most private chambers, spending hours helping her get dressed and undressed, caring for her clothes and jewels, listening to her secrets. But they also held a unique power.

Nicola Clark explores the daily lives of ladies-in-waiting, revealing the secrets of recruitment, costume, what they ate, where (and with whom) they slept – telling their vital story for the first time.

About the speaker

Nicola Clark has a PhD in Early Modern History from Royal Holloway and is a Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of Chichester. Her research focuses primarily on women’s dynastic and political roles across the late medieval and early modern period.