The Name Of A Queen: William Fleetwood's Itinerarium Ad Windsor (queenship And Power)

Why should a woman be allowed to rule with the same powers as a king? Readers may be surprised to discover that the man who asks this controversial question is none other than Queen Elizabeth's favorite Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. On hand to provide answers are statesman and poet Thomas Sackville, Lord Buckhurst; and William Fleetwood, Recorder of London, who reports their 1575 conversation in Itinerarium ad Windsor. The Name of a Queen presents an annotated edition of Itinerarium, plus essays by a team of leading scholars who interpret and contextualize Fleetwood's dialogue. This critical edition and the accompanying contextual essays will make available to scholars and students alike this remarkable discussion of the form and nature of English regnant queenship, which provides a valuable tool for gaining a greater understanding of contemporary notions of and underlying fears concerning the efficacy and desirability of female rule in Elizabethan England. Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Introduction: “The Name of a Queene”......Page 8 Part I The Dialogue......Page 24 1 William Fleetwood’s Itinerarium ad Windsor......Page 26 Part II The Participants......Page 68 2 William Fleetwood and Itinerarium ad Windsor......Page 70 3 Itinerarium ad Windsor and Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester......Page 92 4 “Marveilously Given to Be Antiquaries”: William Fleetwood’s Itinerarium and Thomas Sackville, Lord Buckhurst......Page 112 Part III Itinerarium ad Windsor as History......Page 132 5 Wading in “The Troublesome Seas . . . of Antiquityes”: William Fleetwood as Antiquary and Historian......Page 134 6 Itinerarium ad Windsor and English Queenship Carole Levin and Charles Beem......Page 162 7 “Bloody” Mary? Changing Perceptions of England’s First Ruling Queen......Page 182 Select Bibliography......Page 200 Notes on Contributors......Page 206 Index......Page 208 Itinerarium ad Windsor concerns a central question of the Elizabethan era: Why should a woman be allowed to rule with the same powers as a king? The man who poses this controversial question within Itinerarium is none other than Queen Elizabeth's powerful favorite Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. On hand to provide answers are the statesman and poet Thomas Sackville, Lord Buckhurst, and William Fleetwood antiquary, Recorder of London, and dutiful chronicler of their 1575 conversation. This critical edition of Itinerarium reproduces Fleetwood's text with annotations and a host of interpretive and contextualizing essays from leading scholars. Taken together, they constitute the definitive introduction to this remarkable discussion of regnant queenship, providing a valuable tool for understanding contemporary notions of and underlying fears concerning the efficacy and desirability of female rule in Elizabethan England. Introduction : The Name Of A Queene / Dennis Moore -- William Fleetwood's Itinerarium Ad Windsor / Edited By Dennis Moore -- William Fleetwood And Itinerarium Ad Windsor / Charles Beem -- Itinerarium Ad Windsor And Robert Dudley, Earl Of Leicester / Jacqueline Vanhoutte -- Marvellously Given To Be Antiquaries : William Fleetwood's Itinerarium And Thomas Sackville, Lord Buckhurst / Rivkah Zim -- Wading In The Troublesome Seas... Of Antiquityes : William Fleetwood As Antiquary And Historian / James D. Alsop -- Itinerarium Ad Windsor And English Queenship / Carole Levin And Charles Beem -- Bloody Mary? : Changing Perceptions Of England's First Ruling Queen / Sarah Duncan. Edited By Charles Beem And Dennis Moore. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.