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The Lioness Roared: The Problems of Female Rule in English History (Queenship and Power) Book

An examination of specific problems affecting England's female rulers arising from their gender, which, combined, explains the evolution of female rule in English history This book examines the challenges faced through history by female leaders of...Read More

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    This book examines the challenges faced through history by female leaders of Britain. From empress Matilda to Queen Victoria, the author shows how these powerful women...

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    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.

  • 0230606342
  • 9780230606340
  • Charles Beem
  • 21 July 2008
  • Palgrave Macmillan
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 280
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