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9781403972033

The Lioness Roared The Problems of Female Rule in English History

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    9781403972033

  • ISBN10:

    1403972036

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2006-04-03
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary

This book examines the challenges faced through history by female leaders of Britain. From empress Matilda to Queen Victoria, the author shows how these powerful women succeeded in a male-dominated patriarchal culture.

Author Biography

Charles Beem is an Assistant Professor of History, University of North Carolina-Pembroke.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii
The Lioness Roared: Introduction 1(24)
Making a Name for Herself: The Empress Matilda and the Construction of Female Lordship in Twelfth-Century England
25(38)
Her Kingdom's Wife: Mary I and the Gendering of Regal Power
63(38)
``I Am Her Majesty's Subject'': Queen Anne, Prince George of Denmark, and the Transformation of the English Male Consort
101(40)
``What Power Have I Left?'' Queen Victoria's Bedchamber Crisis Revisited
141(32)
Conclusion: Does the Lioness Still Roar? 173(8)
Notes 181(64)
Bibliography 245(20)
Index 265

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