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Article: The Reign of Elizabeth I & Extraordinary Women of the Medieval and Renaissance World: A Biographical Dictionary.(Book Review)
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- Shakespeare Studies
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- January 1, 2003
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The Reign of Elizabeth I By Carole Levin New York: Palgrave, 2002
Extraordinary Women of the Medieval and Renaissance World: A Biographical Dictionary Edited by Carole Levin et el. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2000
Because Elizabeth I was a powerful, highly visible woman in a patriarchal society, she continues to generate popular attention, in the films Shakespeare in Love and Elizabeth, as well as in computer games like "Civilization III," in which--according to my daughter--the player may opt to become Elizabeth and preside over an Age of Enterprise. In a college setting, this attention spurs departments to offer courses on the Tudors, on ...