This book explores (mis)representations of two female claimants to the Tudor throne, Lady Jane Grey and Mary I of England. Offering unique comparative insights into Jane and Mary, this volume is a key resource for researchers and students interested in the Tudor period, queenship, and historical memory.

Introduction; Jessica S. Hower.- Princely Humanism at the Accession of Mary Tudor; Matthew Tibble.- “As the Kinges of this Realme her most noble Progenitours”: Historical (Self-) Fashioning at the Accession Moment; Jessica S. Hower.- Anointing Judith: Liturgy, Music, and the Coronation of Mary I; Daniel Bennett Page.- Mary Tudor: Royal Castilian Images Promote Tudor Legitimacy and Power; Louisa Woodville.- Wyatt’s Rebellion: History, Memory, and Representation; William B. Robison.- “Word of a Prince”: Collaborative Authorship in Mary I’s Guildhall Speech; Moira Duncan.- Newton’s Three Body Problem Acted on the Stage: Mary I and Lady Jane Grey in Restoration and Early Georgian Theater; Courtney Herber.- Representations of Edward Underhill at the Accessions of Jane Grey and Mary Tudor; Valerie Schutte.- “A wonder lasts nine days”: Typology, Romance, Politics, and Religion in Tudor Rose and Lady Jane; Carolyn Colbert.- The Great English Queen-Off: Lady Jane Grey and MaryI in Historical Fiction; Stephanie Russo.

This book explores (mis)representations of two female claimants to the Tudor throne, Lady Jane Grey and Mary I of England. It places Jane's attempted accession and Mary I's successful accession and reign in comparative perspective, and illustrates how the two are fundamentally linked to one another, and to broader questions of female kingship, precedent, and legitimacy. Through ten original essays, this book considers the nature and meaning of mid-Tudor queenship as it took shape, functioned, and was construed in the sixteenth century as well as its memory down to the twenty-first, in literary, musical, artistic, theatrical, and other cultural forms. Offering unique comparative insights into Jane and Mary, this volume is a key resource for researchers and students interested in the Tudor period, queenship, and historical memory. Valerie Schutte is a specialist on Tudor queens.   Jessica S. Hower is Associate Professor of History at Southwestern University, USA. 

"An outstanding example of gender history, this volume scrapes away the accretions of sexist historical writing in both fiction and non-fiction, to demonstrate that both Mary I and Jane Grey were more complex and interesting figures than the mythologies that have grown up around them allow. A lucid and trailblazing study that underlines the power of comparative approach to studies of monarchy." Alexander Samson, Reader in Early Modern Studies at University College London   "The ten authors engage in myth-busting and stereotype-busting, prompting the reader to reconsider tired tropes of Mary as a papist virgin with blood on her hands and Jane as an intransigent throne-robber. This is more than just a book about queens and queenship, it is a cogent study of the Tudor the body politic." Theresa Earenfight, Professor of History and Director of the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program, Seattle University

Explores (mis)representations of Lady Jane Grey and Mary I as female claimants to the Tudor throne Surveys how both women used various means available to strengthen their claim and bolster their authority Considers posthumous depictions of the two women, highlight how Jane and Mary have been compared

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