Writing Mary I

Jessica S. Hower is Associate Professor of History at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, USA. Valerie Schutte is an independent scholar who specializes in royal Tudor women and book dedications.

• 1. Introduction: “Leaue some fruite of my bodie behind me” - Jessica S. Hower and Valerie Schutte .- 2. An Ally from Savoy: Princess Mary in the Correspondence of Eustace Chapuys - Derek M. Taylor .- 3. Imperial Meddler/Marian Mentor: Eustace Chapuys and Mary Tudor in Fiction and Film - William B. Robison .- 4. Venetian Diplomacy Under Mary I - Samantha Perez .- 5. A Narrative That Was Not Her Own: Mary I as Mediterranean Queen - Darcy Kern .- 6. From Lioness to Exemplary Yet Unsuccessful Queen: Mary I in  Early Modern Spain - Kelsey J. Ihinger .- 7. Images of Mary I in Modern Spanish Media - Tamara Pérez-Fernández .- 8. Dressed to Kill: The Fashioning of “Bloody Mary” - Emilie M. Brinkman .- 9. Mary I in The Ringed Castle - Alexander Samson .- 10.  Still Bloody Mary: Mary I in Historical Fiction - Stephanie Russo.

“This volume is highly recommended if one wishes to understand the historiography of England’s first crowned queen regnant, and the ways in which she is remembered in the present.” (Peter Stiffell, British Catholic History, Vol. 36 (3), May, 2023)