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Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society
Includes the Society's proceedings and list of members.
Elizabeth of York and Her Six Daughters-in-Law
This study of early modern queenship compares the reign of Henry VII’s queen, Elizabeth of York, and those of her daughters-in-law, the six queens of Henry VIII. It defines the traditional expectations for effective Tudor queens—particularly the queen’s critical function of producing an heir—and evaluates them within that framework, before moving to consider their other contributions to the well-being of the court. This fresh comparative approach emphasizes spheres of influence rather than chronology, finding surprising juxtapositions between the various queens’ experiences as mothers, diplomats, participants in secular and religious rituals, domestic managers, and more. More than a series of biographies of individual queens, Elizabeth of York and Her Six Daughters-in-Law is a careful, illuminating examination of the nature of Tudor queenship.
The Heart and Stomach of a King
In her famous speech to rouse the English troops staking out Tilbury at the mouth of the Thames during the Spanish Armada's campaign, Queen Elizabeth I is said to have proclaimed, "I may have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king." Whether or not the transcription is accurate, the persistent attribution of this provocative statement to England's most studied and celebrated queen illustrates some of the contradictions and cultural anxieties that dominated the collective consciousness of England during a reign that lasted from 1558 until 1603. In The Heart and Stomach of a King, Carole Levin explores the myriad ways the unmarried, childless Elizabeth r...
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Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire
List of members in each volume.
Proceedings and Papers - Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire
List of members in each volume.
The Numismatist
Vols. 24-52 include the proceedings of the A.N.A. convention. 1911-39.
Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society
Includes the Society's proceedings and list of members.
