The hidden lives of Tudor women: a social history

The first age

Of babies and bellies: Elizabeth of York and the first Elizabeth Tudor

Of nurses and nurseries: Cecily Burbage, Elizabeth of York and the infant Elizabeth Tudor

Of toys and terminations: Elizabeth Tudor's brief life

The second age

Of young ladies and learning: the Countess of Surrey's girls, Jane Dormer, Lady Bryan and Margaret Beaufort

Of servants and masters: Elizabeth Barton, maidservant

The third age

Of love and marriage: Cecily Burbage and Elizabeth Boleyn

Of apprentices and aspirations: Katherine Fenkyll, wife and business partner

The fourth age

Of city trade and London life: Katherine Fenkyll, independent businesswoman

Of visions and revelations: Elizabeth Barton, the Holy Maid of Kent

Of mistresses and mystics: Catherine of Aragon, the Boleyns and Elizabeth Barton

Of politics and prophecies: Elizabeth Barton and Anne Boleyn

Of inquisitions and treasons: Elizabeth Barton and Anne Boleyn

The fifth age

Of pilgrimages and punishments

Margaret Cheyne, Lady Bulmer

Of bibles and burnings: Joan Bocher, Anne Askew and Catherine Parr

Of conscience and Catholics: Joan Bocher, Princess Mary and Jane Grey

Of Protestants and pyres: Queen Mary, Rose Hickman, the Marian martyrs, Margaret Clitherow and the new Queen Elizabeth

The sixth age

Of settlements and proposals: Queen Elizabeth and Rose Hickman

The seventh age

Of wigs and witchcraft: Queen Elizabeth in her sixties, and the witches of England

Of frailties and finalities: Jane Dormer, "Gloriana" and the poor women of England

Epilogue: Stuart women.