"Highly readable, engaging, and enlightening.
One might even consider reading this book
purely for pleasure."
--The American Historical Review
"Charles Beem has written a stimulating series
of case-studies on female regnal power . . . his
conceptual clarity and well-crafted review of
four historiographies sheds useful light on
issues of gender and power."
--Clarissa Campbell Orr, Archives: The Journal
of the British Records Association
"The Lioness Roared is a novel and important
study of the meaning of 'kingship,' adding as
much to our appreciation of the social and
political constructs of gender as to our
understanding of the problems specific to
female rule. Other scholars have investigated
individual instances of women on the throne,
but none as comprehensively as Charles Beem’s
treatment of the rule of British queens from
Matilda to Victoria."--Howard Nenner, Smith
College
Table of contents
Introduction: The Lioness Roared *
Making a Name for Herself: The
Empress Matilda and the Construction of
Female Lordship in Twelfth Century
England * Her Kingdom's Wife: Mary I
and the Gender of Regal Power * "I Am
Her Majesty's Subject": Queen Anne,
Prince George of Denmark, and the
Transformation of the English Male
Consort * "What Power Have I Left?":
Queen Victoria's Bedchamber Crisis
Revisted * Does the Lioness Still Roar?
Introduction: The Lioness Roared *
Making a Name for Herself: The
Empress Matilda and the Construction of
Female Lordship in Twelfth Century
England * Her Kingdom's Wife: Mary I
and the Gender of Regal Power * "I Am
Her Majesty's Subject": Queen Anne,
Prince George of Denmark, and the
Transformation of the English Male
Consort * "What Power Have I Left?":
Queen Victoria's Bedchamber Crisis
Revisted * Does the Lioness Still Roar?
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"This study helpfully puts the spotlight on
queenship over the longue durée, providing
welcome new avenues for research by
transcending the boundaries of individual
reigns."
--Journal of British Studies
"There is much to admire about this book. Beem
successfully combines traditional political
history with gender analysis . . . This is a
worthy study of the art of kingly queenship."
--Canadian Journal of History
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"Thoughtful and thorough . . . Beem admirably
situtates his study both within the fields of
women's studies and political history, exploring
these women's reigns for what they contribute
to our understanding of women's positions and
the political situation of the time."
--Medieval Feminist Forum
queenship over the longue durée, providing
welcome new avenues for research by
transcending the boundaries of individual
reigns."
--Journal of British Studies
"There is much to admire about this book. Beem
successfully combines traditional political
history with gender analysis . . . This is a
worthy study of the art of kingly queenship."
--Canadian Journal of History
click here for an online version of this review
"Thoughtful and thorough . . . Beem admirably
situtates his study both within the fields of
women's studies and political history, exploring
these women's reigns for what they contribute
to our understanding of women's positions and
the political situation of the time."
--Medieval Feminist Forum
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