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From the 14th-century king consorts of Navarre to the modern
European prince consorts of the 20th century, the male consort has
been a peculiar yet recurrent historical figure. In this
impressively broad collection, leading historians of monarchy
analyze how male partners of female rulers have negotiated their
unique roles throughout history.
From the 14th-century king consorts of Navarre to the modern
European prince consorts of the 20th century, the male consort has
been a peculiar yet recurrent historical figure. In this
impressively broad collection, leading historians of monarchy
analyze how male partners of female rulers have negotiated their
unique roles throughout history.
Why should a woman be allowed to rule with the same powers as a
king? Readers may be surprised to discover that the man who asks
this controversial question is none other than Queen Elizabeth's
favorite Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. On hand to provide
answers are statesman and poet Thomas Sackville, Lord Buckhurst;
and William Fleetwood, Recorder of London, who reports their 1575
conversation in "Itinerarium ad Windsor." The Name of a Queen
presents an annotated edition of "Itinerarium," plus essays by a
team of leading scholars who interpret and contextualize
Fleetwood's dialogue. This critical edition and the accompanying
contextual essays will make available to scholars and students
alike this remarkable discussion of the form and nature of English
regnant queenship, which provides a valuable tool for gaining a
greater understanding of contemporary notions of and underlying
fears concerning the efficacy and desirability of female rule in
Elizabethan England.
Itinerarium ad Windsor concerns a central question of the
Elizabethan era: Why should a woman be allowed to rule with the
same powers as a king? The man who poses this controversial
question within Itinerarium is none other than Queen Elizabeth's
powerful favorite Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. On hand to
provide answers are the statesman and poet Thomas Sackville, Lord
Buckhurst, and William Fleetwood antiquary, Recorder of London, and
dutiful chronicler of their 1575 conversation. This critical
edition of Itinerarium reproduces Fleetwood's text with annotations
and a host of interpretive and contextualizing essays from leading
scholars. Taken together, they constitute the definitive
introduction to this remarkable discussion of regnant queenship,
providing a valuable tool for understanding contemporary notions of
and underlying fears concerning the efficacy and desirability of
female rule in Elizabethan England.
This edited volume brings together a collection of provocative
essays examining a number of different facets of Elizabethan
foreign affairs, encompassing England and The British Isles,
Europe, and the dynamic civilization of Islam. As an entirely
domestic queen who never physically left her realm, Elizabeth I
cast an inordinately wide shadow in the world around her. The
essays is this volume collectively reveal a queen and her kingdom
much more connected and integrated into a much wider world than
usually discussed in conventional studies of Elizabethan foreign
affairs.
""The Lioness Roared" is a novel and important study of the meaning
of 'kingship, ' adding as much to our appreciation of the social
and political constructs of gender as to our understanding of the
problems specific to female rule. Other scholars have investigated
individual instances of women on the throne, but none as
comprehensively as Charles Beem's treatment of the rule of British
queens from Matilda to Victoria."--Howard Nenner, Smith College
"Charles Beem examines the queens of England and demonstrates that
Elizabeth I was not the only strong and fascinating woman to rule
as consort or regnant. With many examples from the medieval period
onward, this thoroughly researched and beautifully written study
should find a wide and enthusiastic readership."--Carole Levin,
Willa Cather Professor of History, University of
Nebraska-Lincoln
Charles Beem uses Gender Studies and political and constitutional
History to examine the problems faced by female rulers throughout
British history, from the twelfth century Empress Matilda's
imaginative efforts to become England's first regnant queen, to
Queen Victoria's remarkable exercise of political power during the
Bedchamber Crisis of 1839.
This edited volume brings together a collection of provocative
essays examining a number of different facets of Elizabethan
foreign affairs, encompassing England and The British Isles,
Europe, and the dynamic civilization of Islam. As an entirely
domestic queen who never physically left her realm, Elizabeth I
cast an inordinately wide shadow in the world around her. The
essays is this volume collectively reveal a queen and her kingdom
much more connected and integrated into a much wider world than
usually discussed in conventional studies of Elizabethan foreign
affairs.
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