Mary I and the Art of Book Dedications: Royal Women, Power, and Persuasion (Queenship and Power)

"Printed book and manuscript dedications were at the juncture between the actual interests and reading abilities of Tudor royal ladies and the beliefs and hopes of those who wrote and printed them on what was suitable for royalty and how royal ladies might be persuaded in certain directions. Queen Mary I received eighteen manuscript dedications and thirty-three printed book dedications, the majority of them were religious in nature, specifically addressing a return to Catholicism. In this revisionist approach to book history and Marian studies Valerie Schutte argues that dedications, and the negotiations that accompanied them, reveal both contemporary perceptions of how statecraft, religion, and gender were and the political maneuvering attempting to influence how they ought to be. Schutte offers the first comprehensive catalogue of all book and manuscript dedications to Mary and all books that were known to have been in Mary's possession"-- Read more... "Printed book and manuscript dedications were at the juncture between the actual interests and reading abilities of Tudor royal ladies and the beliefs and hopes of those who wrote and printed them on what was suitable for royalty and how royal ladies might be persuaded in certain directions. Queen Mary I received eighteen manuscript dedications and thirty-three printed book dedications, the majority of them were religious in nature, specifically addressing a return to Catholicism. In this revisionist approach to book history and Marian studies Valerie Schutte argues that dedications, and the negotiations that accompanied them, reveal both contemporary perceptions of how statecraft, religion, and gender were and the political maneuvering attempting to influence how they ought to be. Schutte offers the first comprehensive catalogue of all book and manuscript dedications to Mary and all books that were known to have been in Mary's possession"-- Provided by publisher Front Matter....Pages i-xi Introduction....Pages 1-6 Lady Margaret Beaufort and the Wives of Henry VIII....Pages 7-32 Dedications to a Princess....Pages 33-48 Printed Dedications to a Queen....Pages 49-80 Manuscript Dedications to Mary....Pages 81-101 Dedications to Philip and Mary....Pages 103-115 Books Owned by Mary....Pages 117-142 Conclusion....Pages 143-147 Back Matter....Pages 149-208 Cover 1 Title 5 Copyright 6 Contents 7 Preface 8 Acknowledgments 9 Introduction 10 1 Lady Margaret Beaufort and the Wives of Henry VIII 16 2 Dedications to a Princess 42 3 Printed Dedications to a Queen 58 4 Manuscript Dedications to Mary 90 5 Dedications to Philip and Mary 111 6 Books Owned by Mary 124 Conclusion 150 Notes 155 Bibliography 192 Index 210 In this revisionist approach to book history and Marian studies Valerie Schutte argues that manuscript and printed book dedications reveal contemporary perceptions of statecraft, religion, and gender. She offers the first comprehensive catalogue of all book and manuscript dedications to Mary and all books known to have been in Mary's possession.