Queens & power in Medieval and early Modern England
An examination of queens in history, extrapolating their connections to each other, the perceptions of them by their constituents, and the fallacies of their historical reputations.
Print Book, English, cop. 2009
University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, cop. 2009
XXXIII, 326 p. : il. ; 23 cm.
9780803229686, 0803229682
1123932378
List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: It's Good to Be QueenRobert Bucholz and Carole Levin 1. "Greater by Marriage": The Matrimonial Career of the Empress MatildaCharles Beem2. Widow Princess or Neglected Queen? Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII, and English Public Opinion, 1533–1536Timothy G. Elston3. "Most godly heart fraight with al mercie": Queens' Mercy during the Reigns of Mary I and Elizabeth ISarah Duncan4. Princess Elizabeth Travels across Her Kingdom: In Life, in Text, and on StageCarole Levin5. Marriage à la Mode, 1559: Elisabeth de Valois, Elizabeth I, and the Changing Practice of Dynastic MarriageJohn Watkins6. Queen Solomon: An International Elizabeth I in 1569Linda S. Shenk7. The Virgin and the Widow: The Political Finesse of Elizabeth I and Catherine de' MediciElaine Kruse8. Crafting Queens: Early Modern Readings of EstherMichele Osherow9. "Shine like an Angel with thy starry crown": Queen Elizabeth the AngelicAnna Riehl10. Shakespeare's Queen Cleopatra: An Act of TranslationRichardine Woodall11. "She is the man, and Raignes": Popular Representations of Henrietta Maria during the English Civil WarsMichelle A. White12. Sex and the Single Queen: The Erotic Lives of Elizabeth Tudor in Seventeenth-century EnglandMarjorie Swann13. The "Stomach of a Queen," or Size Matters: Gender, Body Image, and the Historical Reputation of Queen AnneRobert Bucholz14. Two PoemsAmber Harris Leichner Selected BibliographyContributorsIndex