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- Jane Grey is a key figure through which early modern writers might articulate a position on the value of female governance, hereditary monarchy, and Protestant rule; representations of her reading, and consequently ideas of how women more generally should read, respond to these shifting political investments.
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Apr 16, 2024 · Lady Jane Grey (born October 1537, Bradgate, Leicestershire, England—died February 12, 1554, London) was the titular queen of England for nine days in 1553.
Feb 20, 2021 · On 12 February 1554, the 16-year-old Lady Jane Grey (1537–1554) approached the scaffold at the Tower of London, to be beheaded for committing high treason against Mary I of England. According to a contemporary diary, known as the Chronicle of Queen Jane, she held ‘a boke in hir hande, wheron...
Jun 15, 2012 · This brief excerpt from John Foxe’s Book of Martyrs provides a look at the execution of Lady Jane Grey (1537-1554) at the age of 17. The Words and Behavior of the Lady Jane Gray upon the Scaffold John Foxe (1516 – 1567)
Overview. Lady Jane Grey. (1537—1554) noblewoman and claimant to the English throne. Quick Reference. (1537–54). Jane was the eldest daughter of Henry Grey, marquis of Dorset, later duke of Suffolk, and a cousin of Edward VI. The duke of Northumberland planned to use her to seize the succession when Edward should die.
Sixteen year old Jane faces death for High Treason. Her crime: Being forced by her ambitious parents to wear a crown she never wanted. She kneels, garbed in a martyr’s flowing white gown. A blindfold blots out the last light she will ever see.
Oct 2, 2019 · Women of the Reformation: Jane Grey. When Jane Grey was told on July 9, 1553, that King Edward had died and she was to succeed him as Queen of England, she collapsed in weeping and tears. Though she had royal connections and heritage, sixteen-year-old Jane had not anticipated becoming queen.
Lady Jane Grey has left an abiding impression in English literature and romance. The dearth of material from which to construct a source-based biography of her has not prevented authors of all ages filling the gaps with the fruits of their imagination.
