Queens and power in medieval and early modern England
By: edited by Carole Levin and Robert Bucholz.
Contributors: Levin, Carole, 1948-; Bucholz, R. O., 1958-
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 362
ISBN-13: 9780803229686
Subjects: Queens -- Great Britain -- History; Power (Social sciences) -- Great Britain -- History; Great Britain -- Politics and government
Description: "In Queens and Power in Medieval and Early Modern England, Carole Levin and Robert Bucholz provide a forum for the underexamined, anomalous reigns of queens in history. These regimes, primarily regarded as interruptions to the "normal" male monarchy, have been examined largely as isolated cases. This interdisciplinary study of queens throughout history examines their connections to one another, their constituents' perceptions of them, and the fallacies of their historical reputations. The contributors consider historical queens as well as fictional, mythic, and biblical queens and how they were represented in medieval and early modern England. Considering topics as diverse as how Queen Elizabeth's unmarried status affected the perception of her as a just and merciful queen to a reevaluation of "good Queen Anne" as more than just an obese, conventional monarch, this volume encourages readers to reexamine previously held assumptions about the role of female monarchs in early modern history."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: It's good to be queen / Robert Bucholz and Carole Levin; title: "Greater by marriage" : the matrimonial career of the Empress Matilda / Charles Beem; title: Widow princess or neglected queen? Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII, and English public opinion, 1533-1536 / Timothy G. Elston; title: "Most godly heart fraight with al mercie" : queens' mercy during the reigns of Mary I and Elizabeth I / Sarah Duncan; title: Princess Elizabeth travels across her kingdom : in life, in text, and on stage / Carole Levin; title: Marriage a la mode, 1559 : Elisabeth de Valois, Elizabeth I, and the changing practice of dynastic marriage / John Watkins; title: Queen Solomon : an international Elizabeth I in 1569 / Linda S. Shenk; title: The virgin and the widow : the political finesse of Elizabeth I and Catherine de' Medici / Elaine Kruse; title: Crafting queens : early modern readings of Esther / Michele Osherow; title: "Shine like an angel with thy starry crown" : Queen Elizabeth the angelic / Anna Riehl; title: Shakespeare's Queen Cleopatra : an act of translation / Richardine Woodall; title: "She is the man, and raignes" : popular representations of Henrietta Maria during the English civil wars / Michelle A. White; title: Sex and the single queen : the erotic lives of Elizabeth Tudor in seventeenth-century England / Marjorie Swann; title: The "stomach of a queen," or size matters : gender, body image, and the historical reputation of Queen Anne / Robert Bucholz; title: Two poems / Amber Harris Leichner.