Mary I

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction

   • Sarah Duncan

   Pages 1-10

3. The Succession of a Queen

   • Sarah Duncan

   Pages 11-20

4. The Coronation of a Queen

   • Sarah Duncan

   Pages 21-36

5. The Queen’s Two Bodies: Female Sovereignty and the Anglo-Spanish Marriage Negotiations

   • Sarah Duncan

   Pages 37-59

6. The Marriage of a Queen: Mary’s Consort, Philip of Spain, and the Royal Marriage Ceremony

   • Sarah Duncan

   Pages 61-88

7. To Be the King: Defining the Roles of Queen Regnant and King Consort

   • Sarah Duncan

   Pages 89-110

8. “Cruele Jesabel” or “Handemayde of God”? Mary as Jezebel and Virgin

   • Sarah Duncan

   Pages 111-133

9. “An Uncroned King out of a Straunge Lande”: Philip as Conqueror or Savior

   • Sarah Duncan

   Pages 135-164

10. Conclusion

    • Sarah Duncan

    Pages 165-182

11. Back Matter

    Pages 183-288

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This book explores the gender politics of the reign of Mary I of England from her coronation to her funeral and examines the ways in which the queen and her supporters used language, royal ceremonies, and images to bolster her right to rule and define her image as queen.

• England
• gender
• Spain

"Duncan's book is an interesting read that is accessible to historian form the undergraduate level to the professor. Her book contributes great to Marian studies and the history of queenship and women in power int he early modern period." (American Historical Review)

"This is a crisply argued contribution to the debate over Mary I that adds usefully to our appreciation of her long misunderstood reign." (Renaissance Quarterly)

“Duncan does not argue that Mary's reign was 'successfull,' but rather makes a strong case for a more favorable assessment of Mary's political abilities than she has been granted in the past while showing how certain circumstances beyond her control worked against her.” (Tracy Adams, Associate Professor, University of Auckland, New Zealand)

Sarah Duncan is an assistant professor of History at Spring Hill College. She holds a PhD from Yale University. Her essays on queenship in the reigns of Mary I and Elizabeth I of England have appeared in Explorations in Renaissance Culture, Queens and Power in Medieval and Early Modern England, Elizabeth I and the Sovereign Arts : Essays in Literature, History, and Culture.

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