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The queen's mercy : gender and judgment in representations of Elizabeth I / Mary Villeponteaux.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Villeponteaux, Mary, author.
- Series:
- Queenship and power
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Political activity.
- History.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1558-1603.
- Great Britain.
- Politics and government.
- Great Britain--History--Elizabeth, 1558-1603.
- Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603.
- Elizabeth.
- Women--Political activity--Great Britain--History--16th century.
- Women.
- Queens--Great Britain--Biography.
- Queens.
- Mercy in literature.
- Clemency in literature.
- Justice in literature.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 227 pages ; 23 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
- Contents:
- "By nature full of mercy" : the clemency of the queen
- "The sacred pledge of peace and clemencie" : Elizabethan mercy in the Faerie Queene
- "Proud and pitilesse : Elizabethan mercy and the sonnet tradition
- "A goodly musicke in her regiment" : elusive justice in the Merchant of Venice
- "Pardon is still the nurse of second woe" : Measure for Measure and the transition from Elizabeth to James
- "Good queene, you must be rul'd" : feminine mercy in the plays of Heywood and Dekker.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781137371744
- 1137371749
- OCLC:
- 871037201
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