Télécharger le livre :  Elizabeth I in Writing

This collection investigates Queen Elizabeth I as an accomplished writer in her own right as well as the subject of authors who celebrated her. With innovative essays from Brenda M. Hosington, Carole Levin, and other established and emerging experts, it reappraises...
Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2018-03-27
Collection : Queenship and Power
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Télécharger le livre :  Premodern Rulers and Postmodern Viewers

Pop culture portrayals of medieval and early modern monarchs are rife with tension between authenticity and modern mores, producing anachronisms such as a feminist Queen Isabel (in RTVE’s Isabel) and a lesbian Queen Christina (in The Girl King). This book examines these...
Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2018-02-01
Collection : Queenship and Power
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Télécharger le livre :  Queens Matter in Early Modern Studies

The essays in this book traverse two centuries of queens and their afterlives—historical, mythological, and literary. They speak of the significant and subtle ways that queens leave their mark on the culture they inhabit, focusing on gender, marriage, national identity,...
Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2017-11-08
Collection : Queenship and Power
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Télécharger le livre :  Unexpected Heirs in Early Modern Europe

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...
Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2017-10-24
Collection : Queenship and Power
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Télécharger le livre :  Anna of Denmark and Henrietta Maria

This book examines how early Stuart queens navigated their roles as political players and artistic patrons in a culture deeply conflicted about the legitimacy of female authority. Anna of Denmark and Henrietta Maria both employed powerful female archetypes such as...
Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2017-10-11
Collection : Queenship and Power
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Télécharger le livre :  Elizabeth of York and Her Six Daughters-in-Law

This study of early modern queenship compares the reign of Henry VII’s queen, Elizabeth of York, and those of her daughters-in-law, the six queens of Henry VIII. It defines the traditional expectations for effective Tudor queens—particularly the queen’s critical...
Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2017-09-05
Collection : Queenship and Power
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Télécharger le livre :  Colonization, Piracy, and Trade in Early Modern Europe

This collection brings together essays examining the international influence of queens, other female rulers, and their representatives from 1450 through 1700, an era of expanding colonial activity and sea trade. As Europe rose in prominence geopolitically, a number of...
Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2017-08-03
Collection : Queenship and Power
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Télécharger le livre :  Elizabeth I's Italian Letters

This is the first edition ever of the Queen’s correspondence in Italian. These letters cast a new light on her talents as a linguist and provide interesting details as to her political agenda, and on the cultural milieu of her court.This book provides a fresh analysis...
Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2017-05-04
Collection : Queenship and Power
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Télécharger le livre :  Empress Adelheid and Countess Matilda

This book compares two successful, elite women, Empress Adelheid (931-999) and Countess Matilda (1046-1115), for their relative ability to retain their wealth and power in the midst of the profound social changes of the eleventh century. The careers of the Ottonian...
Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2017-02-15
Collection : Queenship and Power
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Télécharger le livre :  The Diary of Queen Maria Carolina of Naples, 1781-1785

This work offers a new portrayal of Queen Maria Carolina of Naples as a woman of power with weaknesses and ambitions, and analyzes the Queen's actions, from her political choices to her alliance and betrayals. A careful examination of the period (1781-1785) covered by...
Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2016-11-25
Collection : Queenship and Power
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Télécharger le livre :  Queenship, Gender, and Reputation in the Medieval and Early Modern West, 1060-1600

This edited collection opens new ways to look at queenship in areas and countries not usually studied and reflects the increasingly interdisciplinary work and geographic range of the field.This book is a forerunner in queenship and re-invents the reputations of the...
Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2016-10-08
Collection : Queenship and Power
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Télécharger le livre :  The Birth of a Queen

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...
Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2016-08-29
Collection : Queenship and Power
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Télécharger le livre :  Virtuous or Villainess? The Image of the Royal Mother from the Early Medieval to the Early Modern Era

This collection addresses royal motherhood across Europe, from both the medieval and Early Modern periods, including (in)famous and not-so-famous royal mothers. The essays in this collection reveal the complexities and the subtleties inherent in the role of royal...
Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2016-07-14
Collection : Queenship and Power
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Télécharger le livre :  Elizabeth I's Foreign Correspondence

Though Elizabeth I never left England, she wrote extensively to correspondents abroad, and these letters were of central importance to the politics of the period. This volume presents the findings of a major international research project on this correspondence,...
Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2016-04-30
Collection : Queenship and Power
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Télécharger le livre :  Berenice II Euergetis

Berenice II Euergetis (267/6-221 BCE), the daughter of King Magas of Cyrene (Libya) and wife of King Ptolemy III of Egypt, was queen at an important juncture in Hellenistic history. This collection of four essays focuses on aspects of chronology, genealogy and marital...
Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2016-02-03
Collection : Queenship and Power
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Télécharger le livre :  Ruling Women, Volume 1

Ruling Women is the first study of its kind devoted to an analysis of the debate concerning government by women in seventeenth-century France. Drawing on a wide range of political, feminist and dramatic texts, Conroy sets out to demonstrate that the dominant discourse...
Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2016-01-28
Collection : Queenship and Power
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Télécharger le livre :  Ruling Women, Volume 2

Ruling Women is a two-volume study devoted to an analysis of the conflicting discourses concerning government by women in seventeenth-century France. In this second volume, Configuring the Female Prince in Seventeenth-Century French Drama, Conroy analyzes over 30 plays...
Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2016-01-26
Collection : Queenship and Power
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Télécharger le livre :  Elizabeth I

This groundbreaking book combines literary interpretation, gender analysis, and cultural, political, and diplomatic history to examine how Elizabeth I used the discourse of love to establish her political power, assert her right to marry or not, and rule the country...
Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2016-01-18
Collection : Queenship and Power
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Télécharger le livre :  Scholars and Poets Talk About Queens

Scholars and Poets Talk About Queens is a lively and erudite collection, unusual in an especially appealing way. This collection of essays shows how queens were represented in the Middle Ages and Renaissance through primary accounts, chronicles, and literary...
Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2015-08-18
Collection : Queenship and Power
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Télécharger le livre :  The Man behind the Queen

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...
Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2014-12-16
Collection : Queenship and Power
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