Mary Tudor

THOMAS BETTERIDGE, Professor of Early Modern English Literature, Oxford Brookes University, UK TERESA GRANT, Associate Professor in Renaissance Theatre, University of Warwick, UK VICTOR HOULISTON, Professor of English, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa PAULINA KEWES, Tutorial Fellow in English Literature, Jesus College, University of Oxford, UK AYSHA POLLNITZ, Research Fellow, Trinity College, University of Cambridge, UK JUDITH RICHARDS, Research Associate of History Programme, University of La Trobe, Australia ANDREW TAYLOR, Fellow and Director of Studies in English, Churchill College, Cambridge WILLIAM WIZEMAN, SJ, One time Assistant Priest at Corpus Christi Church, New York, US

This collection of interdisciplinary essays examines the origins and growth of Mary Tudor's historical reputation, from the reign of Elizabeth I up to the 20th century. Re-appraising aspects of her reign that have been misrepresented the book creates a more balanced, objective portrait of England's last Catholic, and first female, monarch.This collection of interdisciplinary essays examines the origins and growth of Mary Tudor's historical reputation, from the reign of Elizabeth I up to the 20th century. Re-appraising aspects of her reign that have been misrepresented the book creates a more balanced, objective portrait of England's last Catholic, and first female, monarch.