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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.
List of contents
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.
About the author
Sarah Duncan is Associate Professor of History at Spring Hill College,
USA and earned her Ph.D. in History from Yale University. Her publications
include
Mary I: Gender, Power, and
Ceremony in the Reign of England's First Queen (2012), articles on
queenship in the reigns of Mary I and Elizabeth I, and an article on Philip of
Spain as king consort.
Valerie Schutte earned her Ph.D. in History from the University of Akron, USA. She
is author of
Mary I and the
Art of Book Dedications: Royal Women, Power, and Persuasion. She has
published two articles on Anne Boleyn, an article on The Merchant of Venice,
and three articles on royal Tudor women and print.
Summary
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.
