Books written by Carole Levin
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Encyclopedia of Women in the Renaissance: Italy, France, and England
Translated by Lisa Neal. In Writings by Pre-Revolutionary French Women: From Marie de France to Elizabeth Vigée-Le Brun. Edited by Anne R. Larsen and Colette H.Winn, 63–105. New York: Garland, 2000. Crenne, Hélisenne de.
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The Heart and Stomach of a King: Elizabeth I and the Politics of Sex and Power
Chosen as one of the ten best academic books of the 1990s by Lingua Franca readers "I may have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have...
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A Biographical Encyclopedia of Early Modern Englishwomen: Exemplary Lives and Memorable Acts, 1500-1650
̄ Although Edmund had five sons, Grace is the first person mentioned in the will and is named one of his two executors. Sir Edmund clearly believed that his wife was trustworthy enough to adhere to his wishes after his own death, ...
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A Biographical Encyclopedia of Early Modern Englishwomen: Exemplary Lives and Memorable Acts, 1500-1650
Some entries are very brief while others are extensive. Each includes a source listing. The book is well illustrated and liberally sprinkled with quotations of the time either by or about the women in the text.
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High and Mighty Queens of Early Modern England: Realities and Representations
The observation of Edward Somerset, earl of Worcester, quoted in Michael Brennan, Literary Patronage in the English Renaissance: The Pembroke ... Peck, Court Patronage and Corruption in Early Stuart England, lists Anna's Council, p.
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The Heart and Stomach of a King: Elizabeth I and the Politics of Sex and Power
With a new introduction that situates the book within the emerging genre of cultural biography, the second edition of The Heart and Stomach of a King offers insight into the continued fascination with Elizabeth I and her reign.
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The Reign of Elizabeth 1
... Conquest of Ireland: A Pattern Established, 1565–76 (Sussex: Harvester, 1976; New York: Barnes and Noble, 1976); and William Palmer, The Problem of Ireland in Tudor Foreign Policy, 1485–1603 (Rochester: The Boydell Press, 1994).
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Queens and Power in Medieval and Early Modern England
D. C. Baker, “The 'Angel' of English Renaissance Literature,” Studies in the Renaissance 6 (1959): 85–93. ... Protestant England, see A. Walsham, “Angels and Idols in England's Long Reformation,” in Angels in the Early Modern World, ed.
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Shakespeare's Foreign Worlds: National and Transnational Identities in the Elizabethan Age
See especially Ton Hoenselaars's comprehensive survey, Images of Englishmen and Foreigners in the Drama of Shakespeare and His Contemporaries (Rutherford, NJ: Farleigh Dickinson University Press, 99 ). Hoenselaars's exploration of the ...
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Ambiguous Realities: Women in the Middle Ages and Renaissance
Examining specific literary, historical, and theological texts, the essays in Ambiguous realities illuminate a number of important issues about women in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance: the changes in attitude toward women, the role and ...
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Elizabeth I: Always Her Own Free Woman
This interdisciplinary collection by historians, cultural critics and literary scholars examines a variety of the political, social, and cultural forces at work during the English Renaissance and beyond, forces that...
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The Reign of Elizabeth 1
Levin's fresh perspective will be welcomed by students of this exceptional reign.
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Propaganda in the English Reformation: Heroic and Villainous Images of King John
Propaganda in the English Reformation: Heroic and Villainous Images of King John
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The Reign and Life of Queen Elizabeth I: Politics, Culture, and Society
... Lucrecia interpreted as intended as an insult to Philip II. “Then the Ordinary Man took me back across the sea to the Old Man. As he did so I heard the sound of war drums” (Osborne, Dreamer, 61). The imagery in Lucrecia's dreams is ...
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Political Rhetoric, Power, and Renaissance Women
The afterword contextualizes these examples and raises questions about modern issues. The book provides a greater understanding of gender and power in the Renaissance as well as insights into the contemporary age.
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Elizabeth I: Always Her Own Free Woman
... Young Bess , which is based on Margaret Irwin's novel of the same name ; both film and novel wildly distort the historical record . Starring Jean Simmons as Elizabeth and Stewart Granger , Simmons ' real life husband , as the Lord ...
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The Heart and Stomach of a King: Elizabeth I and the Politics of Sex and Power
Elizabeth I and the Politics of Sex and Power Carole Levin. Heisch, Allison ... Tudor Polity, c. 1540—1560. Ed. Robert Tittler and Jennifer Loach. Totowa, NJ: Rowman and ... The Illusion of Power in Tudor Politics. London: Athlone Press ...
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Encyclopedia of Women in the Renaissance: Italy, France, and England
... Catherine apparently rewrote a text that Jean Bouchet had dedicated to Gabrielle de Bourbon ( d . 1516 ) . The ... Le Livre des Prudens . Paris : Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal , Ms. 2037 . Catherine d'Amboise . Les Devotes Epistres . Paris ...