Henrietta Maria
2 March 2027
2:00-3:30pm
Online or Rewley House 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, OX1 2JA
Event status:
Applications being accepted
Location:
Online or Rewley House 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, OX1 2JA
Dates:
2 March 2027
Study Format:
Online - live
Fees:
From £15.00 to £18.00
The wife of Charles I, Henrietta Maria was a foreign Catholic and seen by many as the root of his problems. In this lecture, we shall examine both her patronage of the arts and her political role both before and during the Civil War.
This lecture is part of the Queens in Tudor and Early Stuart England lecture series, taking place on Tuesdays from 26 January to 2 March 2026. You may either register for individual lectures or the entire lecture series at a reduced price.
This lecture will close to enrolments at 23:59 GMT on 25 February 2027, and enrolments for the whole series at 23:59 GMT on 21 January GMT 2027.
Book this course
You can opt to attend this teaching event either online (via a livestream) or in person at Rewley House, Oxford. You will be given the option of how you wish to attend during the enrolment process. You can only pick one option. If your preferred attendance format is fully booked, you can email us to be put on the waiting list. For those who wish to attend online, please read the IT requirements below before enrolling.
IT requirements
We will be using Zoom for the livestreaming of this lecture series. If you’re attending online, you’ll be able to see and hear the speakers, and to submit questions via the Zoom interface. Joining instructions will be sent out prior to the start date. We recommend that you join the session at least 10-15 minutes prior to the start time – just as you might arrive a bit early at our lecture theatre for an in-person event.
Please note that this lecture will not be recorded.
Fees
| Description | Costs |
|---|---|
| In-person event fee (includes tea/coffee and a pastry) | £18.00 |
| Virtual event fee | £15.00 |
Funding
If you are in receipt of a UK state benefit, or are a care-leaver in the UK, you may be eligible for a reduction of 50% of tuition fees. Please see the below link for full details:
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Professor Susan Doran
Susan Doran is a Professor of Early Modern British History at the University of Oxford, a Senior Research Fellow at Jesus College, and a Lecturer at St John’s College. All her research centres on Tudor monarchs, except for her forthcoming book From Tudor to Stuart which covers the period 1603-12. Overall, she has written twelve books and edited or co-edited another ten, including four catalogues for major exhibitions. Before coming to teach in Oxford in 2002, she taught at St Mary’s University, Twickenham, and earlier still at St Paul’s Girls’ School. She studied for her BA in History at St Anne’s College, Oxford, and her doctorate at UCL.
Module code: O26P108HIL
Please use the ‘Book’ button on this page. Alternatively, please contact us to obtain an application form.
You can also register for individual lectures if you do not wish to attend the whole series.
You can opt to attend this teaching event either online (via a livestream) or in person at Rewley House, Oxford. You will be given the option of how you wish to attend during the enrolment process. You can only pick one option. If your preferred attendance format is fully booked, you can email us to be put on the waiting list. For those who wish to attend online, please read the IT requirements below before enrolling.
Image: Workshop of Anthony van Dyck / Possibly Anthony van Dyck – San Diego Museum of Art, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=585246
