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Historically, the study of consorts has largely focused on how women performed the role – generally analyzing how a particular queen acted as a royal wife, mother, and manager of her household. While this makes sense as most of the consorts in English history were women, this is…

The crowning of a King or Queen of England is and remains an essential part of English tradition. For centuries, British subjects have flocked to the city streets to catch a glimpse of their next monarch. For the Tudors, the spectacle of pageantry was often an ostentatious displ…

Queen Hatshepsut stands out among the minority of women who have held the role of king of Egypt thanks to the unique methods that Hatshepsut used in order to obtain this position. Among these procedures, her complex iconographic programs should be highlighted. As such, the Red C…