Queens & power in medieval and early modern England
Introduction: It's good to be queen / Robert Bucholz and 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. Elsto...
| Subtitles: | Queens and power in medieval and early modern England |
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| Contributors: | ; |
| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Lincoln, Neb. [u.a.]
University of Nebraska Press
2009
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| In: | Year: 2009 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Levin, Carole, Queens and Power in Medieval and Early Modern England] (2009) (Warnicke, Retha)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
England
/ Queen
/ History 1141-1714
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| Further subjects: | B
Queens
History
Great Britain
B Power (Social sciences) History Great Britain B Great Britain Politics and government B Power (Social sciences) (Great Britain) History B Queens (Great Britain) History |
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Table of Contents (Publisher) |
| Summary: | Introduction: It's good to be queen / Robert Bucholz and 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 a 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 |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | XXXIII, 326 S., Ill. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8032-2968-6 |
