Mary Tudor Old and New Perspectives

by Doran, Susan; Freeman, Thomas S.

• ISBN13: 9780230004627
• ISBN10: 0230004628
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-07-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This collection of interdisciplinary essays examines the origins and growth of Mary Tudor#x19;s historical reputation, from the reign of Elizabeth I up to the 20th century. Re-appraising aspects of her reign that have been misrepresented the book creates a more balanced, objective portrait of England#x19;s last Catholic, and first female, monarch.

Author Biography

SUSAN DORAN was until recently Reader in History at St Mary's College and is now Stipendiary Lecturer at Christ Church, Oxford. THOMAS S. FREEMAN is the Research Officer for the British Academy John Foxe Project at the University of Sheffield.

Table of Contents

Introduction * PART1:HISTORIOGRAPHY * Protestant Representations of Mary Tudor in Elizabeth's reign--Susan Doran * Catholic representations of Mary Tudor in Early-Modern England--Victor Houliston * Dramatic Representations of Mary in the Early Years of the Seventeenth Century--Teresa Grant, * PART 2: EDUCATION, RELIGION AND MARRIAGE * Ad Omne Virtutum Genus? Mary between Piety, Pedagogy and Praise in Early-Tudor Humanism--Andrew Taylor * Mary Tudor and the Hapsburgs--John Edwards * The Religious Policy of Mary--William Wizeman, *  Bloody Mary?: Mary Tudor and the Marian Persecution--Thomas S. Freeman, *
PART 3--A FEMALE MONARCH * Mary Tudor: Warrior Princess--Anna Whitelock, *  The Monarchical Republic of Mary--Alice Hunt, *  Maids and Wives: Representing Female Rule during the Reign of Mary Tudor--Thomas Betteridge * The Pearl and the Phoenix: Queenship and Mary Tudor--Susan Wabuda, *  CONCLUSION *  Assessment: Success or Failure--Judith Richards,

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