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Queenship Historiography Database
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Source Type | Author(s) | Publication Title | Publication Details | Monarch/Figure | Keywords | Period(s) | Place(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Article | McLaren, Anne. | "The Quest for a King: Gender, Marriage, and Succession in Elizabethan England." | Journal of British Studies, 41(3), 2002, pp. 259�290. | Elizabeth I of England; references to Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots; James VI/I of Scotland/England; and others | queenship, female power/rule, public discourse, marriage/marital relations, succession, gender/gender roles, nature of women, literary representations/depictions | 16th/17th | England |
Review Article | McLaren, Anne. | "Queenship in Early Modern England and Scotland." | The Historical Journal, 49:3, 2006, pp. 935-952. | Elizabeth I of England; Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots; Elizabeth of York; James I/VI of England/Scotland; Henrietta Maria; Charles I of England; Margaret of Anjou; Elizabeth Woodville; Anne Neville; and others | queenship, gender/gender roles, social & political hierarchy/culture, historiography, kingship, personal monarchy, religion/religious ideology, blood culture, succession | Early Modern | England/Scotland |
Article | McLaren, Anne. | "Gender, Religion, and Early Modern Nationalism: Elizabeth I, Mary Queen of Scots, and the Genesis of English Anti-Catholicism." | The American Historical Review, 107(3), 2002, pp. 739�767. | Elizabeth I of England; Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots | queenship, female power, nationalism, religious identity, religious politics/conflict, literary & visual representations/depictions, reputation/legacy, imagery, symbolism | 16th/17th | England/Scotland |
Monograph | McMahon, Keith. | Celestial Women: Imperial Wives and Concubines in China from Song to Qing. | London: Rowman & Littlefield, 2016. | Empress Xu; Empress Zhang of Tianqi; Empress Chen (Shizong); Empress Chengtian (Liao); Empress Gao (Yingzong-Song); references to Carolina of Ansbach; Caroline Matilda of Denmark; Catherine I of Russia; and many others | queenship, female power, royal marriage, concubines/mistresses, consorts, martial relations, widows, motherhood, dynasty/dynastic politics | Medieval/Early Modern/Modern | China |
Monograph | McMahon, Keith. | Women Shall Not Rule: Imperial Wives and Concubines in China from Han to Liao. | Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2013. | Empres L�; Empress Wang Zhengjun; Empress Liang Na; Empress Feng; Empress Zhang of Tianqi; references to Maria Antoinette of France; Irene, Byzantine Empress; Elizabeth I of England; Eleanor of Aquitaine; and many others | queenship, female power, gender/gender roles, concubines/mistresses, sex/sexuality, polygamy, literary & visual representations/depictions, motherhood, political & court culture, harem | Medieval | China |
Chapter | McNamara, Jo Ann and Suzanne Wemple. | "The Power of Women through the Family in Medieval Europe, 500-1100." | In Women and Power in the Middle Ages, eds. Mary C. Erler and Maryanne Kowaleski, Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1988. | References to Hildegard of Bingen; Judith of Bavaria; Adelheid (Adelaide) of Italy; Helena, Byzantine Empress; and others | female power, familial bonds, kinship, power politics, conflict, identity, wealth, social & legal status, marriage, alliances, inheritance, political influence/participation, motherhood, gender/gender roles | Medieval | Europe |
Chapter | McNamara, Jo Ann. | "Women and Power through the Family Revisited." | In Gendering The Master Narrative: Women and Power in the Middle Ages, eds. Mary C. Erler and Maryanne Kowaleski, New York: Cornell University Press, 2003. | References to Judith of Bavaria; Teutburga; and others | female power, family, historiography, women's experience, public/private sphere, kinship, familial relations/politics, political influence, marriage/martial relations | Medieval | Europe |
Chapter | McQuillan, Pete. | "A bardic critique of queen and court: �Ionmholta malairt bhisigh�, Eochaidh � hEodhasa, 1603." | In Elizabeth I and Ireland, eds. Brendan Kane and Valerie McGowan-Doyle, Cambridge University Press, 2014. | Elizabeth I of England | queenship, political & court culture, poetry/literature, royal authority/policies, elite/nobility, foreign relations | Early Modern | England/Ireland |
Thesis | McRobbie, J. | �Gender and violence in Gregory of Tours� �Decem libri historiarum.�� | PhD Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2012. | UNAVAILABLE | UNAVAILABLE | Ancient/Medieval | Europe |
Article | McShane, Angela. | "Revealing Mary." | History Today, 54:3, 2004, pp. 41-46. | Mary II of England | queenship, female power, broadside ballads, literary representation/depictions | Early Modern | England |
Chapter | Mearns, Anne. | "Unnatural, Unlawful, Ungodly, and Monstrous: Manipulating the Queenly Identities of Mary I and Mary II." | 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; Mary II of England; and others | queenship, female power, identity, representation/depictions, criticism of female rule, attitudes, nature of women, legitimacy | Early Modern | England |
Chapter | Mears, Natalie. | "Regnum Cecilianum? A Cecilian Perspective of the Court." | In The Reign of Elizabeth I: Court and Culture in the Last Decade, ed. John Guy, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. | Elizabeth I of England | queenship, female power, political & court culture, privy council, public perception, court relations, patronage, political alliances, factions, influence | Early Modern | England |
Article | Mears, Natalie. | "Counsel, Public Debate, and Queenship: John Stubbs�s The Discoverie of a Gaping Gulf, 1579." | The Historical Journal, 44(3), 2001, pp. 629�650. | Elizabeth I of England | queenship, female power, royal marriage, literary representations/depictions, propaganda, political culture, imagery, court factionalism, counsel, public debate/discourse | Early Modern | England |
Monograph | Mears, Natalie. | Queenship and Political Discourse in the Elizabethan Realms. | Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. | Elizabeth I of England | queenship, female power, political influence/participation, public & political discourse, counsel, political & court culture, government, privy council, diplomacy, foreign relations | Early Modern | England |
Chapter | Medici, Catherine. | "More Than a Wife and Mother: Jane Dudley, the Woman Who Bequeathed a Parrot and Served Five Queens." | In Scholars and Poets Talk About Queens, eds. Carole Levin and Christine Stewart-Nunez, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. | Jane Dudley; references to Jane Grey; Henry VIII of England; Edward VI of England; Mary I of England; Anne Boleyn; Jane Seymour; Anne of Cleves; Katherine Parr | female power, loyalty/allegiance, representation, wife/motherhood, court culture, ladies in waiting | Early Modern | England |
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