Mary I and the Art of Book Dedications

In this revisionist approach to book history and Marian studies Valerie Schutte argues that manuscript and printed book dedications reveal contemporary perceptions of statecraft, religion, and gender. She offers the first comprehensive catalogue of all book and manuscript dedications to Mary and all books known to have been in Mary's possession.

Valerie Schutte earned her PhD in History from the University of Akron, USA. She has published two articles on Anne Boleyn, an article on The Merchant of Venice, and articles in the Journal of the Early Book Society and Early Modern Women, both dealing with royal Tudor women and print. She is currently coediting a collection of essays celebrating the five-hundredth birthday of Queen Mary I.

Introduction 1. Lady Margaret Beaufort and the Wives of Henry VIII 2. Dedications to a Princess 3. Printed Dedications to a Queen 4. Manuscript Dedications to Mary 5. Dedications to Philip and Mary 6. Books Owned by Mary Conclusion