Richard Aitken
Ashgate
Hardback
256
2006
Thoroughly interdisciplinary in scope, this collection reconsiders Queen Henrietta Maria and her multi-faceted roles and responsibilities, ranging from her patronage of performing and visual arts to her sentiments at the outbreak of the English Civil War. What becomes strikingly evident is that Henrietta Maria had a distinct and profound influence on material and political culture that deserves the attention of art history, literature, theatre, and musicology scholars.