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.

SUSAN DORAN is a Senior Research Fellow at Jesus College, University of Oxford, UK.

List of Maps and Figures
Acknowledgements
Notes on the Contributors
Abbreviations
Introduction; T.Freeman
PART I: OLD PERSPECTIVES
A 'Sharp Rod' of Chastisement: Mary I Through Protestant Eyes During the Reign of Elizabeth I; S.Doran
Her Majesty, Which is Now in Heaven: Mary Tudor and the Elizabethan Catholics; V.Houliston
The Exclusion Crisis of 1553 and the Elizabethan Succession; P. Kewes
'Thus Like A Nun, Not Like a Princess Born': Dramatic Representations of Mary Tudor in the Early Years of the Seventeenth Century; T.Grant
Inventing 'Bloody Mary': Perceptions of Mary Tudor from Restoration to the Twentieth Century; T.Freeman
PART II: NEW PERSPECTIVES
Ad Omne Virtutum Genus?: Mary Between Piety, Pedagogy and Praise in Early-Tudor Humanism; A.W.Taylor
Religion and Translation at the Court of Henry VIII: Princess Mary, Katherine Parr and the Paraphrases of Erasmus; A.Pollnitz
Maids and Wives: Representing Female Rule during the Reign of Mary Tudor; T.Betteridge
The Religious Policy of Mary I; W.Wizeman, SJ
Burning Zeal: Mary Tudor and the Marian persecution; T.Freeman
Reassessing Mary Tudor: Some Concluding Points; J.Richards
Appendix: List of the Marian martyrs
Further Reading.