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Elizabeth I: Always Her Own Free Woman
Contemporary Review, May, 2004
Elizabeth I: Always Her Own Free Woman. Carole Levin, Jo Eldridge Carney and Debra Barrett-Graves, editors. Ashgate. [pounds sterling]45.00. xii + 282 pages. ISBN 0-7546-0797-6. This collection of twelve essays is designed to give readers 'a collective understanding of the wealth of artistic, literary, and historical impressions of Elizabeth, her court and the time period that has been given her name'.
The contributions are divided into four parts, each with three essays. The first part looks at Elizabethan political pamphlets as they made sense of England's second reigning Queen, at Elizabeth's relations with Robert Sidney and the Dudleys and at her role in the Alencon controversy. The second looks at the relationship between the Queen's progresses and her religious settlement, at her influence on the world of university life, and at the 'fairy queen' figure in contemporary entertainments. The third part takes a different look at the Queen, through comparisons with the Old Testament's King David, the influence of the 'Pope Joan' legend, and the perception of Elizabeth as seen outside England (in a fascinating essay by B. R. Siegfried). The final section looks at how the Virgin Queen's famous 'marriage to England' affected popular thought on courtship, and at perceptions of Elizabeth I both during her lifetime and in the 400 years since her death.
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