The Lioness Roared

The Problems of Female Rule in English History

Gebonden Engels 2006 9781403972033
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Charles Beem uses Gender Studies and political and constitutional History to examine the problems faced by female rulers throughout British history, from the twelfth century Empress Matilda's imaginative efforts to become England's first regnant queen, to Queen Victoria's remarkable exercise of political power during the Bedchamber Crisis of 1839.

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ISBN13:9781403972033
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:gebonden
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan US

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Introduction: The Lioness Roared Making a Name for Herself: The Empress Matilda and the Construction of Female Lordship in Twelfth Century England Her Kingdom's Wife: Mary I and the Gender of Regal Power "I Am Her Majesty's Subject": Queen Anne, Prince George of Denmark, and the Transformation of the English Male Consort "What Power Have I Left?": Queen Victoria's Bedchamber Crisis Revisted Does the Lioness Still Roar?

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