This study investigates the independent prerogative which Mary I and Elizabeth I exercised through royal proclamations. These public documents were announced th

Royal proclamations were an important instrument of Tudor government and their legislative function has long been a subject of historical controversy, but the a

The Tudors are one of the most well-known and powerful dynasties in English history. How they constructed and maintained their social magnificence and status, a

This book—along with its companion volume Writing Mary I: History, Historiography, and Fiction—centers on representations of Queen Mary I in writing, broadl