The author of this study is not the first biographer to bring Elizabeth I and Mary Stuart together, but her study of these queens applies a specific lens to the enterprise: the negotiation and influence of marriage on their lives and reigns. Beginning with the question of how marriage “affected queens regnant in the age of absolute monarchies,” Anka Muhlstein proceeds to explore how marriage affected Elizabeth and Mary from their earliest years as young princesses through the constant pressures to find appropriate husbands amidst political and religious rivalries (1). Elizabeth never married, and Muhlstein’s central argument is that Elizabeth’s ability to navigate her long reign as an unmarried queen is a result, in large part, of her witne...
Elizabeth I was an intriguing and fascinating Queen. From the moment of her birth on 7 September 153...
This paper looks at the political style of Mary Tudor and examines how her upbringing and gender inf...
This thesis concerns the character of Elizabeth I of England. Author presents Elizabeth’s ambivalent...
Mary of Guise, widow of James V of Scotland, is a fascinating woman, though one with a very differen...
In a clever play on words, Louis Montrose’s important new book on Elizabeth I suggests a study with ...
Mary Stuart’s upbringing played a large part in her political and religious positions, as well as he...
This paper will analyze Elizabeth I’s political style and the effects on it by both religion and inf...
A. N. McLaren\u27s study of political culture in the first part of the reign of Elizabeth is a thoug...
Review of The Heart and Stomach of a King: Elizabeth I and the Politics of Sex and Power by Carole L...
Beautifully put together with magnificent illustrations. Perry\u27s work has more the feel of a coff...
There have been a number of books and articles in the last decade that focus on family and marriage,...
One of the most famous women in history was a Scotswoman, Mary Stuart. But the rest of women in Scot...
It is just over four hundred years since Mary Queen of Scots was executed at Fotheringay Castle on 8...
On the surface, Henrietta Maria and Marie Antoinette had much in common. Each was the youngest daugh...
In the mid-1500s, England was reeling from its first experience under the rule of a female queen. Ma...
Elizabeth I was an intriguing and fascinating Queen. From the moment of her birth on 7 September 153...
This paper looks at the political style of Mary Tudor and examines how her upbringing and gender inf...
This thesis concerns the character of Elizabeth I of England. Author presents Elizabeth’s ambivalent...
Mary of Guise, widow of James V of Scotland, is a fascinating woman, though one with a very differen...
In a clever play on words, Louis Montrose’s important new book on Elizabeth I suggests a study with ...
Mary Stuart’s upbringing played a large part in her political and religious positions, as well as he...
This paper will analyze Elizabeth I’s political style and the effects on it by both religion and inf...
A. N. McLaren\u27s study of political culture in the first part of the reign of Elizabeth is a thoug...
Review of The Heart and Stomach of a King: Elizabeth I and the Politics of Sex and Power by Carole L...
Beautifully put together with magnificent illustrations. Perry\u27s work has more the feel of a coff...
There have been a number of books and articles in the last decade that focus on family and marriage,...
One of the most famous women in history was a Scotswoman, Mary Stuart. But the rest of women in Scot...
It is just over four hundred years since Mary Queen of Scots was executed at Fotheringay Castle on 8...
On the surface, Henrietta Maria and Marie Antoinette had much in common. Each was the youngest daugh...
In the mid-1500s, England was reeling from its first experience under the rule of a female queen. Ma...
Elizabeth I was an intriguing and fascinating Queen. From the moment of her birth on 7 September 153...
This paper looks at the political style of Mary Tudor and examines how her upbringing and gender inf...
This thesis concerns the character of Elizabeth I of England. Author presents Elizabeth’s ambivalent...