List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction: It's Good to Be Queen
Robert Bucholz and Carole Levin
1. "Greater by Marriage": The Matrimonial Career of the Empress Matilda
Charles Beem
2. Widow Princess or Neglected Queen? Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII, and English Public Opinion, 1533-1536
Timothy G. Elston
3. "Most godly heart fraight with al mercie": Queens' Mercy during the Reigns of Mary I and Elizabeth I
Sarah Duncan
4. Princess Elizabeth Travels across Her Kingdom: In Life, in Text, and on Stage
Carole Levin
5. Marriage à la Mode, 1559: Elisabeth de Valois, Elizabeth I, and the Changing Practice of Dynastic Marriage
John Watkins
6. Queen Solomon: An International Elizabeth I in 1569
Linda S. Shenk
7. The Virgin and the Widow: The Political Finesse of Elizabeth I and Catherine de' Medici
Elaine Kruse
8. Crafting Queens: Early Modern Readings of Esther
Michele Osherow
9. "Shine like an Angel with thy starry crown": Queen Elizabeth the Angelic
Anna Riehl
10. Shakespeare's Queen Cleopatra: An Act of Translation
Richardine Woodall
11. "She is the man, and Raignes": Popular Representations of Henrietta Maria during the English Civil Wars
Michelle A. White
12. Sex and the Single Queen: The Erotic Lives of Elizabeth Tudor in Seventeenth-century England
Marjorie Swann
13. The "Stomach of a Queen," or Size Matters: Gender, Body Image, and the Historical Reputation of Queen Anne
Robert Bucholz
14. Two Poems
Amber Harris Leichner
Selected Bibliography
Contributors
Index