The Name of a Queen. William Fleetwood's Itinerarium ad Windsor.
. Ed(S): Beem, Charles; Moore, D
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Paperback. Editor(s): Beem, Charles; Moore, D. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Itinerarium ad Windsor concerns a central question of the Elizabethan era: Why should a woman be allowed to rule with the same powers as a king? The man who poses this controversial question within Itinerarium is none other than Queen Elizabeth's powerful favorite Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. On hand to provide answers are the statesman and poet Thomas Sackville, Lord Buckhurst, and William Fleetwood antiquary, Recorder of London, and dutiful chronicler of their 1575 conversation. This critical edition of Itinerarium reproduces Fleetwood's text with annotations and a host of interpretive and contextualizing essays from leading scholars. Taken together, they ... Read more
Itinerarium ad Windsor concerns a central question of the Elizabethan era: Why should a woman be allowed to rule with the same powers as a king? The man who poses this controversial question within Itinerarium is none other than Queen Elizabeth's powerful favorite Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. On hand to provide answers are the statesman and poet Thomas Sackville, Lord Buckhurst, and William Fleetwood antiquary, Recorder of London, and dutiful chronicler of their 1575 conversation. This critical edition of Itinerarium reproduces Fleetwood's text with annotations and a host of interpretive and contextualizing essays from leading scholars. Taken together, they ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
203
Condition
New
Series
Queenship and Power
Number of Pages
203
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349444762
SKU
V9781349444762
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About . Ed(S): Beem, Charles; Moore, D
James Alsop, McMaster University, Canada Sarah Duncan, Spring Hill College, USA Carole Levin, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA Jacqueline Vanhoutte, University Of North Texas, USA Anna Whitelock, Royal Holloway, University Of London, UK Rivkah Zim, King's College London, UK
Reviews for The Name of a Queen. William Fleetwood's Itinerarium ad Windsor.
"With these fascinating essays and the printing of such an interesting source, the authors manage to rethink the term queenship as well as highlighting the role of Thomas Fleetwood in Elizabethan politics and social life." - Reviews in History "These essays offer readers Significant information for understanding this manuscript, which is an invaluable source, revealing important insights ... Read more