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Mary I and the Art of Book Dedications

Part of the Queenship and Power Book Series

DOI: 10.1057/9781137541284

ISBN: 978-1-349-56594-8

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US - Springer Journals

Dec 22, 2015

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Chapter 1Introduction

Schutte, Valerie

Pages: 1 –6

[Book dedications are often the first words in any early modern printed book after the title, but they have generally been skipped over in favor of studying the body of the text. However, dedications provide an enormous amount of information regarding patronage, women’s power, and print culture....
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Chapter 2Lady Margaret Beaufort and the Wives of Henry VIII

Schutte, Valerie

Pages: 7 –32

[This chapter is meant to serve as background to the printed book dedications directed to Queen Mary I. It will first examine the printed dedications given to Lady Margaret Beaufort. Next, I will explicate the printed dedications given to the six consorts of Henry VIII, the subject matter of...
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Chapter 3Dedications to a Princess

Schutte, Valerie

Pages: 33 –48

[The previous chapter examined the printed book dedications given to Lady Margaret Beaufort and the six consorts of Henry VIII as dedications to royal ladies that set the tone for how to dedicate to a queen regnant. This chapter shifts focus to the printed book dedications that Mary received...
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Chapter 4Printed Dedications to a Queen

Schutte, Valerie

Pages: 49 –80

[The previous chapter explored the printed book dedications that Mary received as a princess, all of which emphasized education of some sort. As a potential future monarch of England, Mary needed training in both feminine and masculine spheres, such as virtue and basic political know-how via...
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Chapter 5Manuscript Dedications to Mary

Schutte, Valerie

Pages: 81 –101

[While all of the previous chapters have examined printed books dedicated to Mary and some of her royal predecessors, this chapter will explore manuscripts dedicated to her. As noted in the first chapter, during Mary’s lifetime there was still significant overlap in desire for, prestige of, and...
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Chapter 6Dedications to Philip and Mary

Schutte, Valerie

Pages: 103 –115

[While the previous chapters have all examined manuscript and printed book dedications to Mary and some of her royal female predecessors, this chapter will turn to dedications directed to King Philip. Mary and Philip were married on July 25, 1554 at Winchester Cathedral. The couple was related by...
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Chapter 7Books Owned by Mary

Schutte, Valerie

Pages: 117 –142

[The previous chapters have all examined book dedications to Lady Margaret Beaufort and the six consorts of Henry VIII, Mary Tudor, and Philip II. This chapter moves away from dedications to the books that comprised Mary’s personal library. The following is a brief explanation of the books that...
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Chapter 8Conclusion

Schutte, Valerie

Pages: 143 –147

[To conclude this study, I would like to return to the assertion of David Loades first mentioned in the introduction. Loades suggests that Mary “received innumerable dedications of works of Catholic devotion or polemic; but they tell us nothing beyond the fact that she was famously orthodox, and...

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