Kings’ Stomachs and Concrete Elephants: Gendering Elizabeth I through the Tilbury Speech
Elizabeth I’s speech to the troops at Tilbury is arguably her most famous. The well-known line—“I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king”—is routinely included in cinematic and televisual depictions of Elizabeth’s reign. The speech, however, i...
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Winchester University Press
2019-12-01
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| Online Access: | https://rsj.winchester.ac.uk/articles/192 |