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The lioness roared : the problems of female rule in English history / Charles Beem.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beem, Charles.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Queens--Great Britain--Biography.
- Queens.
- Monarchy.
- History.
- Great Britain.
- Mary I, Queen of England, 1516-1558.
- Mary.
- Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1665-1714.
- Anne.
- Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603.
- Elizabeth.
- Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901.
- Victoria.
- Matilda, Empress, consort of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1102-1167.
- Matilda.
- Monarchy--Great Britain--History.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 271 pages, 6 pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
- Summary:
- An examination of specific problems affecting England' s female rulers arising from their gender, which, combined, explains the evolution of female rule in English history
- Contents:
- The Lioness Roared: Introduction 1
- 1 Making a Name for Herself: The Empress Matilda and the Construction of Female Lordship in Twelfth-Century England 25
- 2 Her Kingdom's Wife: Mary I and the Gendering of Regal Power 63
- 3 "I Am Her Majesty's Subject": Queen Anne, Prince George of Denmark, and the Transformation of the English Male Consort 101
- 4 "What Power Have I Left?" Queen Victoria's Bedchamber Crisis Revisited 141
- Conclusion: Does the Lioness Still Roar? 173.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-263) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1403972036
- OCLC:
- 61684257
- Publisher Number:
- 9781403972033
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