This book brings together a selection of recent, cutting-edge research which, for the first time, challenges commonplace arguments about Mary and Elizabeth's relative successes or failures in order to rethink Tudor queenship.
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'Partners in throne and grave'; A. Hunt & A. Whitelock PART I: REPUTATIONS Memorializing Mary and Elizabeth; A. McLaren PART II: PRECEDENTS AND TRADITIONS Examples and Admonitions: What Mary did for Elizabeth; J. Richards Godly Queens: The Royal Iconographies of Mary and Elizabeth; P. Kewes Reforming Tradition: The Coronations of Mary and Elizabeth; A. Hunt Dressed to Impress; M. Hayward Elizabeth I: An Old Testament King; S. Doran PART III: EDUCATING FOR RULE A Culture of Reverence: Princess Mary's Household; J. McIntosh Christian Women or Sovereign Queens? The Schooling of Mary and Elizabeth; A. Pollnitz PART IV: LOVE AND WAR Our Greatest Hope? European Propaganda and the Spanish Match; C. Streckfuss Power-sharing: The Co-monarchy of Mary and Philip; A. Samson 'Woman, Warrior, Queen'? ; A. Whitelock Courtly Games: Elizabeth and the Kings of France; G. Richardson PART V: LOYALTY AND SERVICE What Happened to Mary's Councillors? ; R. Houlbrooke Below Stairs: Serving the Queen; R. C. Braddock Women, Friendship and Memory; C. Merton
