Queens & power in medieval and early modern England

Publication/Creation:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2009]

Format:

Book

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Full Title:

Queens & power in medieval and early modern England / edited by Carole Levin and Robert Bucholz

Variant Titles:

Queens and power in medieval and early modern England

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Additional Author/Creators:

Levin, Carole, 1948-
Bucholz, R. O., 1958-

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Queens--Great Britain--History
Power (Social sciences)--Great Britain--History
Great Britain--Politics and government

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Introduction: It's good to be queen / Robert Bucholz & Carole Levin -- "Greater by marriage" : the matrimonial career of the Empress Matilda / Charles Beem -- Widow princess or neglected queen? Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII, and English public opinion, 1533-1536 / Timothy G. Elston -- "Most godly heart fraight with al mercie" : queens' mercy during the reigns of Mary I and Elizabeth I / Sarah Duncan -- Princess Elizabeth travels across her kingdom : in life, in text, and on stage / Carole Levin -- Marriage à la mode, 1559 : Elisabeth de Valois, Elizabeth I, and the changing practice of dynastic marriage / John Watkins -- Queen Solomon : an international Elizabeth I in 1569 / Linda S. Shenk -- The virgin and the widow : the political finesse of Elizabeth I and Catherine de' Medici / Elaine Kruse -- Crafting queens : early modern readings of Esther / Michele Osherow -- "Shine like an angel with thy starry crown" : Queen Elizabeth the angelic / Anna Riehl -- Shakespeare's Queen Cleopatra : an act of translation / Richardine Woodall -- "She is the man, and raignes" : popular representations of Henrietta Maria during the English civil wars / Michelle A. White -- Sex and the single queen : the erotic lives of Elizabeth Tudor in seventeenth-century England / Marjorie Swann -- The "stomach of a queen," or size matters : gender, body image, and the historical reputation of Queen Anne / Robert Bucholz -- Two poems / Amber Harris Leichner.

Bibliography:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [277]-310) and index.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

xxxiii, 326 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

990022982970302486

ISBN:

0803229682 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780803229686 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC Number:

233635104

Barcode:

010001366953