The lioness roared
the problems of female rule in English history
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Author
Publication
2006 - Palgrave Macmillan, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
67,750 words, Guess
Page Count
271 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3429596M
- ISBN-101403972036
- OCLC Control Number61684257
- Library of Congress Control Number2005054454
- Goodreads1628211
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- LibraryThing1082067
Classifications
- DDC941.009/9
- LCCDA28.2 .B44 2006
Description
"How were English ruling queens able to assert and maintain their authority over male dominant, patriarchal political cultures? This study combines the methodologies of gender studies and political and constitutional history to provide a sweeping historical explanation for how these women pulled off such a feat. While ruling queens occupied the office of king, they still had to conform to contemporary expectations of womanhood that served as social and political roadblocks to the full exercise of regal power. Charles Beem has identified a specific yet panoramic set of problems facing 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"--Jacket.
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- Biography.
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