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From Heads of Household to Heads of State: The Preaccession Households of Mary and Elizabeth Tudor, 1516-1558 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780231135504)
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xJ. L. McIntosh argues that Mary I and Elizabeth I were authority figures before they acceded to the English throne. As independent heads of households and property owners, the Tudor princesses attained a social and political status usually reserved for elite men, showing that women could achieve agency through the management of an elite household.
Drawing on their household archives, McIntosh recounts how the Tudor princesses attracted political clients, challenged royal authority, and established a recognizable political profile by exploiting the resources of servants, estates, and material culture. Her research proves that "exceptional" women can offer insights into the opportunities available to other contemporary women and that the elite household was a foundational element in identity formation.Author: Jeri McIntosh
ISBN-10: 0231135505
ISBN-13: 9780231135504
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/05/2008
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.16lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d
Review Citation(s):
Chronicle of Higher Education 05/08/2009 pg. 20
By Jeri McIntosh
xJ. L. McIntosh is an assistant professor of history at the University of Tennessee. She is particularly interested in exploring the relationship between authority and gender as articulated in Tudor England.
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