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Author(s) | Source Type | Publication Title | Publication Details | Monarch/Figure | Keywords | Period(s) | Place(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Beem, Charles and Miles Taylor, eds. | Edited Collection | The Man Behind the Queen Male Consorts in History. | Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. | Ferdinand II of Aragon; Philip II of Spain; George of Denmark; Frederick I of Sweden; Count Earnst Johann Buhren; Francis I; Ferdinand II of Portugal; Gaston d'Orleans; Siddiq Hasan; Henrik of Denmark; Philip IV; Jean d'Albret | male consorts, political influence, gender roles, dynastic alliance | Early Modern/Modern | Europe |
Beem, Charles, ed. | Edited Collection | The Foreign Relations of Elizabeth I. | New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. | Elizabeth I of England; Mulay Ahmad, Sultan of Al-Mansur; Don Antonio of Portugal; Cecilia of Sweden; Charles IX of France; Edward VI of England; Erik XIV of Sweden; Henri III of Anjou/France; Henri IV of Navarre; Henry VIII of England; Ivan IV of Russia; James VI/I of Scotland/England; John III of Sweden/Finland; Mary Stuart of Scots; Mary I of England; Ottoman Sultan Murad III; Philip II of Spain; Tahmasp I of Persia; and others | female rule, queenship, political & court culture, diplomacy/diplomatic negotiations, foreign relations, religious influences/policies, national/international statecraft, royal progresses, literary & visual representations/depictions, gender roles, nature of women, royal authority, court politics, warfare/military engagement, piracy, privy council/counsel | Early Modern | England |
Beem, Charles. | Chapter | "'Greater by Marriage': The Matrimonial Career of the Empress Matilda." | In Queens & Power in Medieval and Early Modern England, eds. Carole Levin and Robert Bucholz, Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2009. | Matilda (Maude), Holy Roman Empress | female power, marriage, inheritance, female agency, dynastic alliances | Medieval | England |
Beem, Charles. | Chapter | "Why Prince George of Denmark Did Not Become a King of England." | In The Man Behind the Queen: Male Consorts in History, eds. Charles Beem and Miles Taylor, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. | George of Denmark | male consort, royal precedent, dual body concept, authority, political influence | Early Modern | England |
Beem, Charles. | Chapter | "The Virtuous Virago: The Empress Matilda and the Politics of Womanhood in Twelfth-Century England." | In Scholars and Poets Talk About Queens, eds. Carole Levin and Christine Stewart-Nunez, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. | Matilda (Maude), Holy Roman Empress | female power, reputation, virtue, masculinity | Medieval | England |
Beem, Charles. | Monograph | The Lioness Roared: The Problems of Female Rule in English History. | Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. | Matilda (Maude), Holy Roman Empress; Mary I of England; Victoria of England; Anne of Denmark (wife of James VI/I) | queenship, female rule, gender roles, identity, political culture | Late Medieval/ Early Modern/ Modern | England |
Beem, Charles. | Chapter | "Greatest in Her Offspring: Motherhood and the Empress Matilda." | In Virtuous or Villainess? The Image of the Royal Mother from the Early Medieval to the Early Modern Era, eds. Carey Fleiner and Elena Woodacre, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. | Matilda (Maude), Holy Roman Empress; references to Henry I of England; Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor; Stephen of Blois, King of England; and others | queenship, female power, motherhood, legitimacy, children, gender roles, maternal duties, marriage/widowhood, dynasty/dynastic claims, female rule, autonomy | Medieval | England |
Beem, Charles. | Chapter | "Princess of Wales? Mary Tudor and the History of English Heirs to the Throne." | In The Birth of a Queen: Essays on the Quincentenary of Mary I, eds. Sarah Duncan and Valerie Schutte, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. | Mary I of England; references to Matilda (Maude), Henry VIII of England, Catherine of Aragon, Jane Grey, Edward VI of England, Elizabeth I of England and others | female rule, royal heir, childhood, education, succession, legacy | Early Modern | England |
Beem, Charles. | Chapter | "Queenship and Power: The Heart and Stomach of a Book Series." | In Queens Matter in Early Modern Studies, ed. Anna Rielh Bertolet, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. | N/A | studies of queenship, female power, historiography | Medieval/Early Modern | Europe |
Beem, Charles. | Monograph | The Royal Minorities of Medieval and Early Modern England. | Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. | Henry III of England; Isabella of France; Roger Mortimer; Edward III of England; Richard II of England; Henry VI of England; Edward V of England; Edward VI of England | monarchical rule, royal minorities, political culture | Medieval/Early Modern | England/France |
Beem, Charles. | Chapter | "William Fleetwood and Itinerarium ad Windsor." | In The Name of a Queen: William Fleetwood's Itinerarium ad Windsor, eds. Charles Beem and Dennis Moore, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. | Elizabeth I of England; references to Henry VIII of England; Edward VI of England; Jane Grey; Mary I of England; and others | queenship, female rule, political & court culture, literature/literary representation/depictions, kingship, patronage, antiquary, historical text/manuscripts | Early Modern | England |
Beemer, C. | Article | "The Female Monarchy: A Rhetorical Strategy of Early Modern Rule." | Rhetoric Review, 30(3), 2001, pp. 258�274 | Mary I of England | female rule, representation, imagery, symbolism, gender roles | Early Modern | England |
Beer, M. | Thesis | �Practices and Performances of Queenship: Catherine of Aragon and Margaret Tudor, 1503-1533.� | Doctoral Dissertation. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2014. | Catherine of Aragon; Margaret Tudor | queenship, female rule, representation, symbolism, performance | Early Modern | England |
Beer, Michelle L. | Chapter | "'Translating' a Queen: Medieval Culture and the Creation of Margaret Tudor as Queen of Scots." | In Medieval Clothing and Textiles, eds. Robin Netherington and Gale R. Owen-Crocker, Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2014. | Margaret Tudor | female power, identity, marriage, clothing, imagery, symbolism | Early Modern | England/Scotland |
Bell, Ilona. | Chapter | "Elizabeth Tudor: Poet." | In Elizabeth I and the 'Sovereign Arts': Essays in Literature, History, and Culture, eds. Carole Levin, Donald Stump and Linda Shenk, Tempe: The Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2011. | Elizabeth I of England | female power, female writing, poetry, representation, reputation | Early Modern | England |
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