This collection of interdisciplinary essays examines the origins and growth of Mary Tudor's historical reputation, from the reign of Elizabeth I up to the 20th century. Re-appraising aspects of her reign that have been misrepresentedthe book creates a more balanced, objective portrait of England's last Catholic, and first female, monarch. SUSAN DORAN is a Senior Research Fellow at Jesus College, University of Oxford, UK. She is the author of many books and articles on the Tudor period, including 'Monarchy and Matrimony: The Courtships of Elizabeth I', 'Elizabeth I'in the British Library Historic Lives series and 'Mary Queen of Scots: An Illustrated Life'. She is the co-editor (with Thomas S. Freeman) of 'The Myth of Elizabeth' and 'Tudors and Stuarts on Film' (Palgrave Macmillan). THOMAS S. FREEMAN was the Research Officer for the British Academy John Foxe Project and is now affiliated with the Faculty of Divinity at Cambridge University. He is the co-editor (with Thomas F. Mayer) of 'Martyrs and Martyrdom in England', '1400-1700' and (with Susan Doran) of 'The Myth of Elizabeth' and 'Tudors and Stuarts on Film'. He is the co-author (with Elizabeth Evenden) of 'Religion and the Book in Early Modern England: The Making of Foxe's 'Book of Martyrs'.'. . .. . INDICE: - List of Maps and Figures - Acknowledgements - Notes on the Contributors - Abbreviations - Introduction; 'T.Freeman' - PART I: OLD PERSPECTIVES- A 'Sharp Rod' of Chastisement: Mary I Through Protestant Eyes During the Reign of Elizabeth I; 'S.Doran - 'Her Majesty, Which is Now in Heaven: Mary Tudor and the Elizabethan Catholics; 'V.Houliston' - The Exclusion Crisis of 1553 and the Elizabethan Succession; 'P. Kewes' - 'Thus Like A Nun, Not Like a Princess Born': Dramatic Representations of Mary Tudor in the Early Years of the Seventeenth Century; 'T.Grant' - Inventing 'Bloody Mary': Perceptions of Mary Tudor from Restoration to the Twentieth Century; 'T.Freeman' - PART II: NEW PERSPECTIVES - 'Ad Omne Virtutum Genus'?: Mary Between Piety, Pedagogy and Praisein Early-Tudor Humanism; 'A.W.Taylor' - Religion and Translation at the Courtof Henry VIII: Princess Mary, Katherine Parr and the 'Paraphrases of Erasmus'; 'A.Pollnitz' - Maids and Wives: Representing Female Rule during the Reign ofMary Tudor; 'T.Betteridge' - The Religious Policy of Mary I; 'W.Wizeman, SJ' - Burning Zeal: Mary Tudor and the Marian persecution; 'T.Freeman' - Reassessing Mary Tudor: Some Concluding Points; 'J.Richards' - Appendix: List of the Marian martyrs - Further Reading
- ISBN: 978-0-230-00463-4
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 360
- Fecha Publicación: 22/07/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés