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
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 reputationsHinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Carole Levin is Willa Cather Professor of History at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She is the author of Dreaming the English Renaissance: Politics and Desire in Court and Culture and The Heart and Stomach of a King: Elizabeth I and the Politics of Sex and Power. Robert Bucholz is a professor of history at Loyola University. He is the author of several books, including The Augustan Court: Queen Anne and the Decline of Court Culture, and the coauthor (with N. E. Key) of Early Modern England, 1485-1714: A Narrative History. Contributors: Charles Beem, Robert Bucholz, Sarah Duncan, Timothy G. Elston, Elaine Kruse, Amber Harris Leichner, Carole Levin, Michele Osherow, Anna Riehl, Linda S. Shenk, Marjorie Swann, John Watkins, Michelle A. White, and Richardine Woodall.
Inhaltsangabe
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: It's Good to Be Queen Robert Bucholz and Carole Levin
1. "Greater by Marriage": The Matrimonial Career of the Empress Matilda Charles Beem 2. Widow Princess or Neglected Queen? Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII, and English Public Opinion, 1533-1536 Timothy G. Elston 3. "Most godly heart fraight with al mercie": Queens' Mercy during the Reigns of Mary I and Elizabeth I Sarah Duncan 4. Princess Elizabeth Travels across Her Kingdom: In Life, in Text, and on Stage Carole Levin 5. Marriage à la Mode, 1559: Elisabeth de Valois, Elizabeth I, and the Changing Practice of Dynastic Marriage John Watkins 6. Queen Solomon: An International Elizabeth I in 1569 Linda S. Shenk 7. The Virgin and the Widow: The Political Finesse of Elizabeth I and Catherine de' Medici Elaine Kruse 8. Crafting Queens: Early Modern Readings of Esther Michele Osherow 9. "Shine like an Angel with thy starry crown": Queen Elizabeth the Angelic Anna Riehl 10. Shakespeare's Queen Cleopatra: An Act of Translation Richardine Woodall 11. "She is the man, and Raignes": Popular Representations of Henrietta Maria during the English Civil Wars Michelle A. White 12. Sex and the Single Queen: The Erotic Lives of Elizabeth Tudor in Seventeenth-century England Marjorie Swann 13. The "Stomach of a Queen," or Size Matters: Gender, Body Image, and the Historical Reputation of Queen Anne Robert Bucholz 14. Two Poems Amber Harris Leichner
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: It's Good to Be Queen Robert Bucholz and Carole Levin
1. "Greater by Marriage": The Matrimonial Career of the Empress Matilda Charles Beem 2. Widow Princess or Neglected Queen? Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII, and English Public Opinion, 1533-1536 Timothy G. Elston 3. "Most godly heart fraight with al mercie": Queens' Mercy during the Reigns of Mary I and Elizabeth I Sarah Duncan 4. Princess Elizabeth Travels across Her Kingdom: In Life, in Text, and on Stage Carole Levin 5. Marriage à la Mode, 1559: Elisabeth de Valois, Elizabeth I, and the Changing Practice of Dynastic Marriage John Watkins 6. Queen Solomon: An International Elizabeth I in 1569 Linda S. Shenk 7. The Virgin and the Widow: The Political Finesse of Elizabeth I and Catherine de' Medici Elaine Kruse 8. Crafting Queens: Early Modern Readings of Esther Michele Osherow 9. "Shine like an Angel with thy starry crown": Queen Elizabeth the Angelic Anna Riehl 10. Shakespeare's Queen Cleopatra: An Act of Translation Richardine Woodall 11. "She is the man, and Raignes": Popular Representations of Henrietta Maria during the English Civil Wars Michelle A. White 12. Sex and the Single Queen: The Erotic Lives of Elizabeth Tudor in Seventeenth-century England Marjorie Swann 13. The "Stomach of a Queen," or Size Matters: Gender, Body Image, and the Historical Reputation of Queen Anne Robert Bucholz 14. Two Poems Amber Harris Leichner
Selected Bibliography Contributors Index
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