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A study of Elizabeth I which focuses on her difficulty in building up power in a patriarchal society. The author uses literary and historical examination of three crises in her reign to trace the queen's struggle to retain control over the iconography of both her physical self and her political domain.

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`impressively researched ... a book with many good things in it, and the introduction especially is a lucid critique of and response to work in the field' Times Literary Supplement

Elizabeth I The Competition for Representation

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      Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
      Publication Date: 11/28/1996 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780195113839, 978-0195113839
      ISBN10: 0195113837
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      Biography: historical, political and military European history: medieval period, middle ages Genealogy, heraldry, names and honours

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A study of Elizabeth I which focuses on her difficulty in building up power in a patriarchal society. The author uses literary and historical examination of three crises in her reign to trace the queen's struggle to retain control over the iconography of both her physical self and her political domain.

      Trade Review
      `impressively researched ... a book with many good things in it, and the introduction especially is a lucid critique of and response to work in the field' Times Literary Supplement

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