# Anna Whitelock

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{{Short description|British historian and academic}}
{{About|the British historian|the Swedish social reformer and suffragist|Anna Whitlock}}
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'''Anna Whitelock''' is a British historian and academic, specialising in the history of monarchy. She is Professor of the History of Monarchy at [City, University of London](/source/City%2C_University_of_London) and Director of the Centre for the Study of Modern Monarchy.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.city.ac.uk/about/people/academics/anna-whitelock | title=Professor Anna Whitelock &#124; City, University of London | date=13 October 2021 }}</ref>

== Academic career ==
Whitelock undertook a [Master of Philosophy](/source/Master_of_Philosophy) (MPhil) degree in historical studies at the [Faculty of History, University of Cambridge](/source/Faculty_of_History%2C_University_of_Cambridge), graduating in 2004: her master's thesis was titled "Henry VIII's ecclesiastical patronage".<ref name="MPhil thesis">{{cite thesis |last= Whitelock |first= Anna |date= 2000 |title= Henry VIII's ecclesiastical patronage |degree= MPhil |publisher= University of Cambridge |url= https://idiscover.lib.cam.ac.uk/permalink/f/t9gok8/44CAM_ALMA21449435130003606 |accessdate= 7 January 2024}}</ref> She remained to undertake a [Doctor of Philosophy](/source/Doctor_of_Philosophy) (PhD) degree from [Corpus Christi College, Cambridge](/source/Corpus_Christi_College%2C_Cambridge), in 2004 under the supervision of Dr [David Starkey](/source/David_Starkey). Her PhD degree was awarded in 2004 for a [doctoral thesis](/source/doctoral_thesis) titled "In opposition and in government: the households and affinities of Mary Tudor 1516–1558".<ref name="PhD thesis">{{cite thesis |last= Whitelock |first= Anna May |date= 2004 |title= In opposition and in government: the households and affinities of Mary Tudor 1516-1558 |degree= PhD |publisher= University of Cambridge |url= https://idiscover.lib.cam.ac.uk/permalink/f/t9gok8/44CAM_ALMA21431254890003606 |accessdate= 7 January 2024}}</ref>  

She is Professor in the History of Monarchy at [City, University of London](/source/City%2C_University_of_London), having previously taught at [Royal Holloway, University of London](/source/Royal_Holloway%2C_University_of_London).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.annawhitelock.co.uk/|title=Anna Whitelock|access-date=2021-09-03|language=en-GB}}</ref>

Whitelock is an elected [Fellow of the Royal Historical Society](/source/Fellow_of_the_Royal_Historical_Society) (FRHistS). She won the [PEN Weld Award for Biography](/source/PEN%2FJacqueline_Bograd_Weld_Award_for_Biography).

== Selected works ==

* {{cite book |last1=Whitelock |first1=Anna |title=Mary Tudor: England's First Queen |date=2010 |publisher=Bloomsbury |location=London |isbn=978-1408800782}} {{OCLC|759872962}}<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/mary-tudor-englands-first-queen-by-anna-whitelock-1915550.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/mary-tudor-englands-first-queen-by-anna-whitelock-1915550.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Mary Tudor: England's First Queen, By Anna Whitelock|date=2010-03-07|work=The Independent|access-date=2018-03-03|language=en-GB}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* {{cite book |editor1-last=Hunt |editor1-first=Alice |editor2-last=Whitelock |editor2-first=Anna |title=Tudor Queenship: The Reigns of Mary and Elizabeth |date=2010 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |location=New York |isbn=978-0230618237}} 
* {{cite book |last1=Whitelock |first1=Anna |title=Elizabeth's Bedfellows: an Intimate History of the Queen's Court |date=2014 |publisher=Bloomsbury |location=London |isbn=978-1408833643}} {{OCLC|1004469938}}<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/review-elizabeths-bedfellows-by-anna-whitelock-8640730.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/review-elizabeths-bedfellows-by-anna-whitelock-8640730.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Review: Elizabeth's Bedfellows, By Anna Whitelock|date=2013-06-01|work=The Independent|access-date=2018-03-03|language=en-GB}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/non_fictionreviews/10077219/Elizabeths-Bedfellows-by-Anna-Whitelock-review.html|title=Elizabeth's Bedfellows by Anna Whitelock, review|last=Gallagher|first=John|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=2013-05-29|access-date=2018-03-03|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/09/books/review/the-queens-bed-by-anna-whitelock.html|title='The Queen's Bed,' by Anna Whitelock|last=Harrison|first=Kathryn|date=2014-02-07|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-03-03|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
* Whitelock, Anna (2025). ''The Sun Rising: James I and the Dawn of Global Britain''. Bloomsbury; Viking.

== References ==
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== External links ==
* http://www.annawhitelock.co.uk/
* http://onthetudortrail.com/Blog/book-talk/author-interviews/q-a-with-anna-whitelock/
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