The Lioness Roared: The Problems of Female Rule in English HistoryCharles Beem uses Gender Studies and political and constitutional History to examine the problems faced by female rulers throughout British history, from the twelfth century Empress Matilda's imaginative efforts to become England's first regnant queen, to Queen Victoria's remarkable exercise of political power during the Bedchamber Crisis of 1839. |
Contents
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The Empress Matilda and the Construction of Female Lordship in TwelfthCentury England | 25 |
Mary I and the Gendering of Regal Power | 63 |
Queen Anne Prince George of Denmark and the Transformation of the English Male Consort | 100 |
4 What Power Have I Left? Queen Victorias Bedchamber Crisis Revisited | 141 |
Does the Lioness Still Roar? | 173 |
Notes | 181 |
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The Lioness Roared: The Problems of Female Rule in English History C. Beem No preview available - 2008 |
The Lioness Roared: The Problems of Female Rule in English History Charles Beem No preview available - 2006 |
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