Project description DEENESFRITPL Royal women’s voices and writings of the past What do we know about the nature and power of royal women’s voices and writings of the past? To answer this question, the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions project THEQUEENSPOST will use an innovative, interdisciplinary methodology – employing methods from linguistics, literary studies, archival studies, material culture, gender studies and diplomatic history. The project will provide the first large-scale analysis of the form, function and power of early Tudor queens’ correspondence. The results will be disseminated via a range of outputs aimed at both academic and non-academic audiences. These include a project monograph, an edited collection, a symposia, a podcast and various other outreach activities. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective The Queens' Post project provides the first large-scale analysis of the form, function, and power of early Tudor queens' correspondence. This project investigates the letters of nine important early Tudor queens, including the wife of Henry VII (d.1509) Elizabeth of York (d.1603) Henry VII's daughters Margaret Tudor (d. 1541) and Mary Tudor Brandon (d.1533) and the wives of Henry VIII (d.1547): Katherine of Aragon (d. 1536), Anne Boleyn (c.1536) Jane Seymour (d.1537) Katherine Howard (d.1542) Anne of Cleeves (d.1557) and Katherine Parr (d.1548). Using an innovative, interdisciplinary methodology - employing methods from linguistics, literary studies, archival studies, material culture, gender studies, and diplomatic history - The Queens' Post will advance our understanding of the nature and power of royal women's voices and writings of the past, and reconsider the power and position queens held in early modern politics and diplomacy. The results of this project will have distinctive scientific and societal impact which will be disseminated via a range of outputs aimed at both academic and non-academic audiences. This includes a project monograph, an edited collection, a symposia, a podcast, and various other outreach activities. The project will also provide a significant methodological contribution to letter-writing studies, by developing a cutting-edge, interdisciplinary framework of analysis to investigate the language, materiality, and delivery of historical correspondence across a network of writers. Fields of science social sciencessociologygender studieshumanitieshistory and archaeologyhistory Programme(s) HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme Topic(s) HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01-01 - MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021 Call for proposal HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme HORIZON-AG-UN - HORIZON Unit Grant Coordinator UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, DUBLIN Net EU contribution € 199 694,40 Address Belfield 4 Dublin Ireland See on map Region Ireland Eastern and Midland Dublin Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 Partners (1) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all Irish Manuscripts Commission Ireland Net EU contribution € 0,00 Address 45 merrion square, dublin 2 D2 Dublin See on map Region Ireland Eastern and Midland Dublin Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00
