Did Elizabethan men recognize women's political power?
Ladies-in-waiting's political engagement was in no sense a part of their office, but was how Elizabeth managed the business of her court.
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Kristin Bundesen, PhD
- May 20
When men play women on stage, what are gender expectations?
What exactly were gender expectations in the 16th century? An unmarried woman ruled for 45 years - this was a violation of gender norms.
Kristin Bundesen, PhD
- May 14
The Places We’ve Been: Diversity Disquisition - and Dunnett
So is history a game we play with the past? Have we imagined a past that suits rising nationalism?
Kristin Bundesen, PhD
- Sep 30, 2022
Mary Sidney, Alias Shakespeare?
If a woman wrote the works attributed to Shakespeare, would we view them differently? This is the question in a NYTimes theatre review
Kristin Bundesen, PhD
- Dec 7, 2021
Elizabeth Treviannon Carey
Robert Carey claimed he married his cousin Elizabeth more for her worth than her wealth. The queen was furious.
Kristin Bundesen, PhD
- Nov 30, 2021
Anne Russell Dudley, Countess of Warwick
Anne Russell Dudley, Countess of Warwick's gender did not bar her from participating in military, domestic, foreign or church affairs.
Kristin Bundesen, PhD
- Nov 13, 2021
Biographies of elite women
Monarchs who let their hearts rule their heads tend to court disaster, be they male or female; and there have been plenty of both examples.
Kristin Bundesen, PhD
- Nov 10, 2021
Frances Howard Fitzgerald Brooke, Countess of Kildare
At 16 and married for almost 5 months, she convinced her father, the Lord Admiral, to make her new husband the Vice-Admiral of Ireland . .
Kristin Bundesen, PhD
- Nov 5, 2021
History is not a science experiment
This one is boring but important. Nerd out. Word choice and language have conspired to exclude women from the political narrative.
Kristin Bundesen, PhD
- Oct 15, 2021
In a Century of Queens, where are the girls?
Between 1500 and 1599 there were 165 years of formal female rule - more than 1.5 as many as calendar years.
Kristin Bundesen, PhD
- Oct 10, 2021
The Ya-Ya Sisterhood
In a 'Century of Queens', how could there not be political women? Surely a queen wasn't the only woman in her kingdom interested in politics
Kristin Bundesen, PhD
- Sep 30, 2021
Two decades later
How Hilary Clinton and Mary of Guise sent me to the archives.
Kristin Bundesen, PhD
- Mar 19, 2021
Adventures of an historian - in which she impersonates a political analyst
I am a bit aghast that I agreed to impersonate a political analyst for a lecture on Elizabeth I.
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