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There were many surprising accessions in the early modern period,
including Mary I of England, Henry III of France, Anne Stuart, and
others, but this is the first book dedicated solely to evaluating
their lives and the repercussions of their reigns. By comparing a
variety of such unexpected heirs, this engaging history offers a
richer portrait of early modern monarchy. It shows that the need
for heirs and the acquisition and preparation of heirs had a
critical impact on sixteenth- and seventeenth-century culture and
politics, from the appropriation of culture to the influence of
language, to trade and political alliances. It also shows that
securing a dynasty relied on more than just political agreements
and giving birth to legitimate sons, examining how relationships
between women could and did forge alliances and dynastic
continuities.
Marking the 500th year anniversary of the birth of Queen Mary I in
1516, this book both commemorates her rule and rehabilitates and
redefines her image and reign as England's first queen regnant. In
this broad collection of essays, leading historians of queenship
(or monarchy) explore aspects of Mary's life from birth to reign to
death and cultural afterlife, giving consideration to the struggles
she faced both before and after her accession, and celebrating Mary
as a queen in her own right.
This book explores (mis)representations of two female claimants to
the Tudor throne, Lady Jane Grey and Mary I of England. It places
Jane's attempted accession and Mary I's successful accession and
reign in comparative perspective, and illustrates how the two are
fundamentally linked to one another, and to broader questions of
female kingship, precedent, and legitimacy. Through ten original
essays, this book considers the nature and meaning of mid-Tudor
queenship as it took shape, functioned, and was construed in the
sixteenth century as well as its memory down to the twenty-first,
in literary, musical, artistic, theatrical, and other cultural
forms. Offering unique comparative insights into Jane and Mary,
this volume is a key resource for researchers and students
interested in the Tudor period, queenship, and historical memory.
In this revisionist approach to book history and Marian studies
Valerie Schutte argues that manuscript and printed book dedications
reveal contemporary perceptions of statecraft, religion, and
gender. She offers the first comprehensive catalogue of all book
and manuscript dedications to Mary and all books known to have been
in Mary's possession.
This book-along with its companion volume Mary I in Writing:
Letters, Literature, and Representations-centers on representations
of Queen Mary I in writing, broadly construed, and the process of
writing that queen into literature and other textual sources. It
spans an equally wide chronological and geographical scope,
accounting for the years prior to her accession in July 1553
through the centuries that followed her death in November 1558 and
for her reach across England, and into Ireland, Spain, Italy,
Russia, and Africa. Its intent is to foreground words and
language-written, spoken, and acted out-and, by extension, to draw
out matters of and conversations about rhetoric, imagery,
methodology, source base, genre, narrative, form, and more. Taken
together, these volumes find in England's first crowned queen
regnant an incomparable opportunity to ask new questions and seek
new answers that deepen our understanding of queenship, the early
modern era, and modern popular culture.
This book-along with its companion volume Writing Mary I: History,
Historiography, and Fiction-centers on representations of Queen
Mary I in writing, broadly construed, and the process of writing
that queen into literature and other textual sources. It spans an
equally wide chronological and geographical scope, accounting for
the years prior to her accession in July 1553 through the centuries
that followed her death in November 1558 and for her reach across
England, and into Ireland, Spain, Italy, Russia, and Africa. Its
intent is to foreground words and language-written, spoken, and
acted out-and, by extension, to draw out matters of and
conversations about rhetoric, imagery, methodology, source base,
genre, narrative, form, and more. Taken together, these two volumes
find in England's first crowned queen regnant an incomparable
opportunity to ask new questions and seek new answers that deepen
our understanding of queenship, the early modern era, and modern
popular culture.
Of Shakespeare's thirty-seven plays, fifteen include queens. This
collection gives these characters their due as powerful early
modern women and agents of change, bringing together new
perspectives from scholars of literature, history, theater, and the
fine arts. Essays span Shakespeare's career and cover a range of
famous and lesser-known queens, from the furious Margaret of Anjou
in the Henry VI plays to the quietly powerful Hermione in The
Winter's Tale; from vengeful Tamora in Titus Andronicus to Lady
Macbeth. Early chapters situate readers in the critical concerns
underpinning any discussion of Shakespeare and queenship: the
ambiguous figure of Elizabeth I, and the knotty issue of gender
presentation. The focus then moves to analysis of issues such as
motherhood, intertextuality, and contemporary political contexts;
close readings of individual plays; and investigations of rhetoric
and theatricality. Featuring twenty-five chapters with a rich
variety of themes and methodologies, this handbook is an invaluable
reference for students and scholars, and a unique addition to the
fields of Shakespeare and queenship studies. Winner of the 2020
Royal Studies Journal book prize
This book—along with its companion volume Mary I in Writing:
Letters, Literature, and Representations—centers on
representations of Queen Mary I in writing, broadly construed, and
the process of writing that queen into literature and other textual
sources. It spans an equally wide chronological and geographical
scope, accounting for the years prior to her accession in July 1553
through the centuries that followed her death in November 1558 and
for her reach across England, and into Ireland, Spain, Italy,
Russia, and Africa. Its intent is to foreground words and
language—written, spoken, and acted out—and, by extension, to
draw out matters of and conversations about rhetoric, imagery,
methodology, source base, genre, narrative, form, and more. Taken
together, these volumes find in England’s first crowned queen
regnant an incomparable opportunity to ask new questions and seek
new answers that deepen our understanding of queenship, the early
modern era, and modern popular culture.
Of Shakespeare's thirty-seven plays, fifteen include queens. This
collection gives these characters their due as powerful early
modern women and agents of change, bringing together new
perspectives from scholars of literature, history, theater, and the
fine arts. Essays span Shakespeare's career and cover a range of
famous and lesser-known queens, from the furious Margaret of Anjou
in the Henry VI plays to the quietly powerful Hermione in The
Winter's Tale; from vengeful Tamora in Titus Andronicus to Lady
Macbeth. Early chapters situate readers in the critical concerns
underpinning any discussion of Shakespeare and queenship: the
ambiguous figure of Elizabeth I, and the knotty issue of gender
presentation. The focus then moves to analysis of issues such as
motherhood, intertextuality, and contemporary political contexts;
close readings of individual plays; and investigations of rhetoric
and theatricality. Featuring twenty-five chapters with a rich
variety of themes and methodologies, this handbook is an invaluable
reference for students and scholars, and a unique addition to the
fields of Shakespeare and queenship studies. Winner of the 2020
Royal Studies Journal book prize
Marking the 500th year anniversary of the birth of Queen Mary I in
1516, this book both commemorates her rule and rehabilitates and
redefines her image and reign as England's first queen regnant. In
this broad collection of essays, leading historians of queenship
(or monarchy) explore aspects of Mary's life from birth to reign to
death and cultural afterlife, giving consideration to the struggles
she faced both before and after her accession, and celebrating Mary
as a queen in her own right.
Forgotten Queens in Medieval and Early Modern Europe examines
queens dowager and queens consort who have disappeared from history
or have been deeply misunderstood in modern historical treatment.
Divided into eleven chapters, this book covers queenship from 1016
to 1800, demonstrating the influence of queens in different aspects
of monarchy over eight centuries and furthering our knowledge of
the roles and challenges that they faced. It also promotes a deeper
understanding of the methods of power and patronage for women who
were not queens, many of which have since become mythologized into
what historians have wanted them to be. The chronological
organisation of the book, meanwhile, allows the reader to see more
clearly how these forgotten queens are related by the power,
agency, and patronage they displayed, despite the mythologization
to which they have all been subjected. Offering a broad
geographical coverage and providing a comparison of queenship
across a range of disciplines, such as religious history, art
history, and literature, Forgotten Queens in Medieval and Early
Modern Europe is ideal for students and scholars of pre-modern
queenship and of medieval and early modern history courses more
generally.
Forgotten Queens in Medieval and Early Modern Europe examines
queens dowager and queens consort who have disappeared from history
or have been deeply misunderstood in modern historical treatment.
Divided into eleven chapters, this book covers queenship from 1016
to 1800, demonstrating the influence of queens in different aspects
of monarchy over eight centuries and furthering our knowledge of
the roles and challenges that they faced. It also promotes a deeper
understanding of the methods of power and patronage for women who
were not queens, many of which have since become mythologized into
what historians have wanted them to be. The chronological
organisation of the book, meanwhile, allows the reader to see more
clearly how these forgotten queens are related by the power,
agency, and patronage they displayed, despite the mythologization
to which they have all been subjected. Offering a broad
geographical coverage and providing a comparison of queenship
across a range of disciplines, such as religious history, art
history, and literature, Forgotten Queens in Medieval and Early
Modern Europe is ideal for students and scholars of pre-modern
queenship and of medieval and early modern history courses more
generally.
This book—along with its companion volume Writing Mary I:
History, Historiography, and Fiction—centers on representations
of Queen Mary I in writing, broadly construed, and the process of
writing that queen into literature and other textual sources. It
spans an equally wide chronological and geographical scope,
accounting for the years prior to her accession in July 1553
through the centuries that followed her death in November 1558 and
for her reach across England, and into Ireland, Spain, Italy,
Russia, and Africa. Its intent is to foreground words and
language—written, spoken, and acted out—and, by extension, to
draw out matters of and conversations about rhetoric, imagery,
methodology, source base, genre, narrative, form, and more. Taken
together, these two volumes find in England’s first crowned queen
regnant an incomparable opportunity to ask new questions and seek
new answers that deepen our understanding of queenship, the early
modern era, and modern popular culture.
In this revisionist approach to book history and Marian studies
Valerie Schutte argues that manuscript and printed book dedications
reveal contemporary perceptions of statecraft, religion, and
gender. She offers the first comprehensive catalogue of all book
and manuscript dedications to Mary and all books known to have been
in Mary's possession.
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