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Women and politics in early modern England, 1450-1700 / edited by James Daybell.
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Political activity--England--History.
- Women.
- Women--History--Renaissance, 1450-1600.
- History.
- Women--History--Modern period, 1600-.
- Women--Political activity.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--To 1485.
- Great Britain.
- Politics and government.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1485-.
- England.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 268 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2004]
- Contents:
- 1 Introduction: Rethinking Women and Politics in Early Modern England / James Daybell 1
- 2 Sisterhood, Friendship and the Power of English Aristocratic Women, 1450-1550 / Barbara J. Harris 21
- 3 A Rhetoric of Requests: Genre and Linguistic Scripts in Elizabethan Women's Suitors' Letters / Lynne Magnusson 51
- 4 Politics in the Elizabethan Privy Chamber: Lady Mary Sidney and Kat Ashley / Natalie Mears 67
- 5 Portingale Women and Politics in Late Elizabethan London / Alan Stewart 83
- 6 Negotiating Favour: the Letters of Lady Ralegh / Karen Robertson 99
- 7 'Suche newes as on the Quenes hye wayes we have mett': the News and Intelligence Networks of Elizabeth Talbot, countess of Shrewsbury (c.1527-1608) / James Daybell 114
- 8 Esther Inglis and the English Succession Crisis of 1599 / Tricia Bracher 132
- 9 The Cavendish-Talbot Women: Playing a High-Stakes Game / Sara Jayne Steen 147
- 10 Aristocratic Women, Power, Patronage and Family Networks at the Jacobean Court, 1603-1625 / Helen Payne 164
- 11 Anne of Denmark and the Historical Contextualisation of Shakespeare and Fletcher's Henry VIII / Susan Frye 181
- 12 Mothers, Lovers and Others: Royalist Women / Jerome de Groot 194
- 13 Beyond Microhistory: the Use of Women's Manuscripts in a Widening Political Arena / Elizabeth Clarke 211
- 14 Loyal and Dutiful Subjects: English Nuns and Stuart Politics / Claire Walker 228
- 15 Assuming Gentility: Thomas Middleton, Mary Carleton and Aphra Behn / Valerie Wayne 243.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 075460988X
- OCLC:
- 52069903
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