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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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chapter | Beem, Charles. | "'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 |
Chapter | Beem, Charles. | "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 |
Chapter | Beem, Charles. | "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 |
Chapter | Beem, Charles. | "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 |
Chapter | Beem, Charles. | "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 |
Monograph | Beem, Charles. | 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 |
Chapter | Beem, Charles. | "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 |
Article | Beemer, C. | "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 |
Thesis | Beer, M. | �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 |
Chapter | Beer, Michelle L. | "'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 |
Chapter | Bell, Ilona. | "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 |
Edited Collection | Bell, Ilona. | Elizabeth I: Always Her Own Free Woman. | Farnham: Ashgate Publishing, 2003. | Elizabeth I of England | queenship, political & court culture, literary depictions, imagery, female power | Early Modern | England |
Chapter | Bell, Ilona. | "Elizabeth I: Always Her Own Free Woman." | In Political Rhetoric, Power, and Renaissance Women, eds. Carole Levin and Patrica A. Sullivan, Albany: State University of New York Press, 1995. | Elizabeth I of England; references to Henry VIII of England; James VI/I of Scotland/England; and others | female rule, royal authority, marriage, rhetoric, literary representation/depiction, political power, courtship | Early Modern | England |
Chapter | Bell, Ilona. | "Queen of Love: Elizabeth I and Mary Wroth." | In Queens Matter in Early Modern Studies, ed. Anna Rielh Bertolet, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. | Elizabeth I of England | queenship, female power, rhetoric, symbolism, discourse | Early Modern | England |
Monograph | Bell, Ilona. | Elizabeth I: The Voice of a Monarch. | New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. | Elizabeth I of England | queenship, female rule, rhetoric, poetry/literature, courtship, court culture, speech, diplomacy | Early Modern | England |
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