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The Monstrous Regiment of Women: Female Rulers in Early Modern Europe
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The Monstrous Regiment of Women: Female Rulers in Early Modern Europe Hardcover - 2002

by Jansen, Sharon L

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Palgrave Macmillan, 2002. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 352 pages. 8.50x5.75x1.00 inches.
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  • Title The Monstrous Regiment of Women: Female Rulers in Early Modern Europe
  • Author Jansen, Sharon L
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition New
  • Pages 311
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Palgrave Macmillan, New York, New York
  • Date 2002
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # x-0312213417
  • ISBN 9780312213411 / 0312213417
  • Weight 1.05 lbs (0.48 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.68 x 5.98 x 0.91 in (22.05 x 15.19 x 2.31 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Europe - Kings and rulers, Europe - History - 15th century
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002025395
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

From the publisher

When Mary Tudor became queen of England, the succession of a woman to the throne horrified many, including the Protestant reformer John Knox. His blistering condemnation of female rule, The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women, was followed in print by a series of pamphlets that echoed and expanded his argument that female rule was unnatural, unlawful, and contrary to scripture. In her own variation on this "monstrous regiment," Sharon Jansen contributes to the debate about female rulers. She explores the relationships among the many women whose lives occupy a place in and perpetuate a continuing, though largely unrecognized, tradition of political rule. The "story" of early modern European political history looks very different if we focus on successive generations of powerful women and view the shifting political alliances of the period from their perspective.

First line

Despite John Knox's bitter denunciation, Mary Tudor and Mary Stuart were not "monster in nature," nor did their rule represent the sudden emergence of an unprecedented "monstrous regiment."

About the author

SHARON L. JANSEN is Professor of English at Pacific Lutheran University, USA.