The Letters of Lady Arbella Stuart
The Letters of Lady Arbella Stuart

Author: Lady Arbella Stuart

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1994-10-29

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13: 0199774536

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Lady Arbella Stuart, claimant to the English throne, traditionally has been portrayed as either a hero or fool for marrying against King James's edict and attempting to flee from France. This is Stuart's story as she tells it in more than one hundred letters written to relatives, her husband, the royal family, public officials, and friends. Based largely on original manuscripts, this volume reveals a powerful personal and public drama, as Stuart's royal birth and demand for independence place her in conflict with Queen Elizabeth and King James. Verbally gifted, Stuart creates a fictional lover, maneuvers within the patronage network, and, after her marriage, applies her considerable rhetorical skills to solicit favor and freedom. Her own revisions, which are included, offer the reader unusual access to the thinking of a talented Renaissance writer as she shapes her prose. Steen has transcribed, ordered, dated, annotated, and critically analyzed the letters and drafts.

The Life and Letters of Lady Arabella Stuart
The Life and Letters of Lady Arabella Stuart

Author: Elizabeth Cooper

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2022-10-27

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781016796972

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Life and Letters of Lady Arabella Stuart
The Life and Letters of Lady Arabella Stuart

Author: Elizabeth Cooper

Publisher: Andesite Press

Published: 2015-08-08

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 9781296594336

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Life and Letters of Lady Arabella Stuart; Including Numerous Original and Unpublished Documents
The Life and Letters of Lady Arabella Stuart; Including Numerous Original and Unpublished Documents

Author: Elizabeth Cooper

Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 62

ISBN-13: 9781230038674

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1866 edition. Excerpt: ...Rome, the 26th of November, 1601." For an extract from a curious Italian MS. on this subject in possession of Sir Thomas Phillipps. See Appendix n. 2. CHAPTER VI. THE ENGLISH SUCCESSION. HE Right Divine of Kings" is a phrase singularly inappropriate to be used in our country. From the days when the old Celtic Princes stained the forest leaves with blood in their struggles for the Right by Power, through ages that followed of Roman, Saxon, Danish, and Norman rulers, the proud English people have laughed at Royalty as in any way connected with Divinity. Even the laws of primogeniture have been constantly disregarded, and so lightly have they been held, that, in the early Norman days, the eldest son was as coolly set aside when he had committed no fault, as when his crimes demanded such a punishment. The right of the son to succeed his father in his grandfather's heritage was a matter of grave dispute, and frequently decided in favour of the father's brother, as a nearer relation to the grandfather than the grandson. By the time of Edward III., however, the crown of England had become so firmly settled on him, that all other pretenders sank in obscurity, and it was among his descendants alone that the future claimants arose. Of all subjects genealogies are, perhaps, the most wearisome, and much patience is required to leave the present actions of men, and wander into shadowy regions with no other purpose than to disentangle a mass of names. Yet this uninteresting task must be performed by all who would gain a clear idea of the history of England, and is especially necessary to the comprehension of the present volumes. From the sons of Edward III., and especially of John of Gaunt, came the conflicting claims that for centuries...

Writing Women in Jacobean England
Writing Women in Jacobean England

Author: Barbara Kiefer Lewalski

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 460

ISBN-13: 9780674962422

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When was feminism born - in the 1960s, or in the 1660s? For England, one might answer: the early decades of the seventeenth century. James I was King of England, and women were expected to be chaste, obedient, subordinate, and silent. Some, however, were not, and these are the women who interest Barbara Lewalski - those who, as queens and petitioners, patrons and historians and poets, took up the pen to challenge and subvert the repressive patriarchal ideology of Jacobean England. Setting out to show how these women wrote themselves into their culture, Lewalski rewrites Renaissance history to include some of its most compelling - and neglected - voices. As a culture dominated by a powerful Queen gave way to the rule of a patriarchal ideologue, a woman's subjection to father and husband came to symbolize the subjection of all English people to their monarch, and all Christians to God. Remarkably enough, it is in this repressive Jacobean milieu that we first hear Englishwomen's own voices in some number. Elizabeth Cary, Aemilia Lanyer, Rachel Speght, and Mary Wroth published original poems, dramas, and prose of considerable scope and merit; others inscribed their thoughts and experiences in letters and memoirs. Queen Anne used the court masque to assert her place in palace politics, while Princess Elizabeth herself stood as a symbol of resistance to Jacobean patriarchy. By looking at these women through their works, Lewalski documents the flourishing of a sense of feminine identity and expression in spite of - or perhaps because of - the constraints of the time. The result is a fascinating sampling of Jacobean women's lives and works, restored to their rightful place in literary historyand cultural politics. In these women's voices and perspectives, Lewalski identifies an early challenge to the dominant culture - and an ongoing challenge to our understanding of the Renaissance world.