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The Lioness Roared : The Problems of Female Rule in English History /

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Charles Beem uses Gender Studies and political and constitutional History to examine the problems faced by female rulers throughout British history, from the twelfth century Empress Matilda's imaginative efforts to become England's first regnant queen, to Queen Victoria's remarkable e...

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Main Author: Beem, Charles (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Series:Queenship and power.
Subjects:
History.
Clinical Psychology.
Gender Studies.
History of Britain and Ireland.
Political History.
Clinical psychology.
Gender expression.
Gender identity.
Sex (Psychology)
Sociology.
World politics.
Great Britain > History.
Electronic books.
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Summary:Charles Beem uses Gender Studies and political and constitutional History to examine the problems faced by female rulers throughout British history, from the twelfth century Empress Matilda's imaginative efforts to become England's first regnant queen, to Queen Victoria's remarkable exercise of political power during the Bedchamber Crisis of 1839.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (VIII, 272 pages)
ISBN:9781137097224
DOI:10.1007/978-1-137-09722-4