Birth of a Queen

Essays on the Quincentenary of Mary I

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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Marking the 500th year anniversary of the birth ofQueen Mary I in 1516, this book both commemorates her rule and rehabilitatesand redefines her image and reign as England's first queen regnant. In thisbroad collection of essays, leading historians of queenship (or monarchy)explore aspects of Mary's life from birth to reign to death and culturalafterlife, giving consideration to the struggles she faced both before andafter her accession, and celebrating Mary as a queen in her own right.

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Utgivningsdatum2016-08-30
Mått148 x 210 x 22 mm
Vikt513 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieQueenship and Power
Antal sidor291
Upplaga16001
FörlagPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9781137597489

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Sarah Duncan is Associate Professor of History at Spring Hill College,USA and earned her Ph.D. in History from Yale University. Her publicationsinclude Mary I: Gender, Power, andCeremony in the Reign of England’s First Queen (2012), articles onqueenship in the reigns of Mary I and Elizabeth I, and an article on Philip ofSpain as king consort.Valerie Schutte earned her Ph.D. in History from the University of Akron, USA. Sheis author of Mary I and theArt of Book Dedications: Royal Women, Power, and Persuasion. She haspublished two articles on Anne Boleyn, an article on The Merchant of Venice,and three articles on royal Tudor women and print.

Introduction:Princess, Bastard, Queen, Villain Sarah Duncan andValerie Schutte.- PartI From Princess to Queen.- 1. Princessof Wales? Mary Tudor and the History of English Heirs to the Throne Charles Beem.- 2. Underthe Influence: The Impact of Queenly Book Dedications on Princess Mary Valerie Schutte.- 3. LadyMary to Queen of England: Transformation, Ritual, and the Wardrobe of the Robes Hilary Doda.- .PartII Mary as Sole Queen.- 4. TheHalf-Blood Princes: Mary I, Elizabeth I, and their Strategies ofLegitimation MaryHill Cole.- 5.‘Aqueen, and by the same title, a king also’: Mary I: Queen-in-Parliament AnnaWhitelock.- 6. TheQueen’s Easter Pardons, 1554: Ancient customs and the gift of Thucydides GaryG. Gibbs.- 7. SovereignCouncil or Counselled Sovereign: The Marian Conciliar Compromise JoannePaul.- 8. CultureUnder Mary I and Philip AlexanderSamson.-9. Pregnancy,False Pregnancy, and Questionable Heirs: Mary I and her Echoes CaroleLevin.- .PartIII Mary’s Image, Past and Present.- 10. Unnatural,Unlawful, Ungodly, and Monstrous: Manipulating the Queenly Identities of Mary I and Mary II AnneMearns.- 11. “Well,then…Hail Mary”: Mary I in The FamousHistory of Sir Thomas Wyatt (1607) and Lady Jane (1986) CarolynColbert.- 12. MarryingMary to the Black Legend: Anti-Catholicism and Anti-Marian Messages in Anglo-American Films About Philip II ofSpain WilliamB. Robison.- 13. MaryI, Queen of England: Historiographical Essay, 2006 to Present RethaWarnicke.