Tudor Queenship: The Reigns of Mary and Elizabeth [Hardcover]

This book brings together a selection of recent, cutting-edge research which, for the first time, challenges commonplace arguments about Mary and Elizabeth's relative successes or failures in order to rethink Tudor queenship.'Partners in throne and grave'; A.Hunt & A.Whitelock PART I: REPUTATIONS Memorializing Mary and Elizabeth; A.McLaren PART II: PRECEDENTS AND TRADITIONS Examples and Admonitions: What Mary did for Elizabeth; J.Richards Godly Queens: The Royal Iconographies of Mary and Elizabeth; P.Kewes Reforming Tradition: The Coronations of Mary and Elizabeth; A.Hunt Dressed to Impress; M.Hayward Elizabeth I: An Old Testament King; S.Doran PART III: EDUCATING FOR RULE A Culture of Reverence: Princess Mary's Household; J.McIntosh Christian Women or Sovereign Queens? The Schooling of Mary and Elizabeth; A.Pollnitz PART IV: LOVE AND WAR Our Greatest Hope? European Propaganda and the Spanish Match; C.Streckfuss Power-sharing: The Co-monarchy of Mary and Philip; A.Samson 'Woman, Warrior, Queen'?; A.Whitelock Courtly Games: Elizabeth and the Kings of France; G.Richardson PART V: LOYALTY AND SERVICE What Happened to Mary's Councillors?; R.Houlbrooke Below Stairs: Serving the Queen; R.C.Braddock Women, Friendship and Memory; C.Merton

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This is an excellent collection that prompts us to rethink much of what we thought we knew about both the reigns and the personalities of Mary and Elizabeth Tudor. - Greg Walker, Head of School, LLC and Masson Professor of English Literature, University of Edinburgh

This volume is a landmark collection of essays which draws together an exciting range of new work by many of the leading scholars currently working on the two Tudor queens. Under Mary and Elizabeth the whole nature of English monarchy itself had to be fundamentally re-thought and worked out in important new ways. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in this process and all the cultural col£S