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'Villeponteaux offers us a much-needed first book-length study of the contradictory facets of Elizabeth's royal image as a queen of mercy. In a study full of delicate nuance and artful analysis, Villeponteaux brings together the fields of literature, history, theology, and gender studies to create a panoramic view of the queen that shows how some of the most influential writers of the period Spenser, Shakespeare, Heywood, and Sidney presented their queen in images that gave the 'rusty sword' of her peaceful mercy a double-edge. Elizabeth's mercy could be employed to celebrate the queen as a paragon of Christian princely virtue or criticize her judgment as a woman vulnerable to the passions. Villeponteaux's work is as complex as it is accessible, and it gives us a window into the fascinating political world where early modern literature and sovereignty intersect.' - Linda Shenk, Associate Professor of English, Iowa State University, USA, and author of Learned Queen: The Image of Elizabeth I in Politics and Poetry (2009)
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Book Title: The Queen's Mercy
Book Subtitle: Gender and Judgment in Representations of Elizabeth I
Authors: Mary Villeponteaux
Series Title: Queenship and Power
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137371751
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-37174-4Published: 24 July 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-47577-3Published: 24 July 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-37175-1Published: 24 July 2014
Series ISSN: 2730-938X
Series E-ISSN: 2730-9398
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 227
Topics: History of Britain and Ireland, Social History, Modern History, Early Modern/Renaissance Literature, Gender Studies, History of Early Modern Europe