O’Donnell, Mary Ann. Aphra Behn: An Annotated Bibliography of Primary and Secondary Sources. Garland.
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Queen Mary II
Standard Name: Mary II, Queen
Connections
| Connections | Author name Sort descending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Textual Production | Aphra Behn | |
| politics | Hester Biddle | |
| Dedications | Alicia D'Anvers | ADA
's first published work, A Poem upon His Sacred Majesty
, His Voyage to Holland, was licensed for publication; it appeared by January 1691, dedicated to Queen Mary
. English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/. Greer, Germaine et al., editors. Kissing the Rod. Virago. 376 |
| Occupation | Elizabeth Delaval | Lady Elizabeth Delaval
, who as a girl had been an attendant on Catherine of Braganza
, applied unsuccessfully to be appointed to wait on Mary, Princess of Orange
, the recently-married daughter of the future James II. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
| politics | Anne Finch | |
| politics | Anne Finch | He was discharged for lack of evidence seven months later. He remained a Non-Juror: that is, he refused to take the oath of allegiance to the new monarchs, William and Mary, a refusal which would... |
| politics | Susanna Hopton | |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Susanna Hopton | In this remarkably self-assured letter SH
takes a challenging, uncompromising tone. She urges Geers to leave the mainstream (schismatic) Anglican Church
, now it has vowed loyalty to William
and Mary
, and to enter... |
| Reception | Elinor James | Her offence was not only This Being Your Majesty
's Birth-Day (which she had written and printed as well as selling) but any of one of at least eight broadsides this year condemning William
and... |
| Literary Setting | Edna Lyall | |
| Dedications | Bathsua Makin | She dedicated it To all Ingenious and Vertuous Ladies, more especially to her Highness the Lady Mary
, the future queen. Makin, Bathsua. An Essay to Revive the Antient Education of Gentlewomen. Thomas Parkhurst. 3 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Grisell Murray | After fleeing from the authorities, her father finally settled at Utrecht in the Netherlands, where he sent for his family. Lady Grisell expertly managed the household in the Netherlands, which became a meeting place... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Judith Sargent Murray | She backs this pleasure in modernity with a remarkable grasp of former female history and of the women's literary tradition in English and its contexts. She mentions the Greek foremother Sappho
, the patriotic heroism... |
| Friends, Associates | Dorothy Osborne | DO
's sister-in-law Martha, Lady Giffard
, a historical writer and an early widow, lived permanently with the family. Sir William Temple employed the young Jonathan Swift
from 1689. DO
was a friend and correspondent... |
| Textual Production | Jean Plaidy | The other novels in the series are The Three Crowns (1965), about William of Orange
; The Haunted Sisters (1966), about Mary
, who marries William and reigns jointly with him in England, and Anne |
Timeline
7 October 1660: News reached the British royal household...
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7 October 1660
News reached the British royal household of a marriage that was to become dynastically significant: that of the king
's brother (later James II
) with the commoner Anne Hyde
, daughter of Lord Clarendon
.
15 February 1675: John Crowne's Calisto; or, The Chaste Nimph...
Building item
15 February 1675
John Crowne
's Calisto; or, The Chaste Nimph was performed at Court.
23 October 1677: The marriage of the future monarchs William...
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23 October 1677
8 November 1688: William of Orange (husband of James II's...
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8 November 1688
William of Orange
(husband of James II
's elder daughter, Mary
) landed near Torbay in Devon with a view to gaining control of Britain.
February 1689 to October 1791: The Williamite War was waged in Ireland between...
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February 1689 to October 1791
The Williamite War was waged in Ireland between supporters of the deposed James II
(who landed at Kinsale on 12 March 1689 with substantial French forces) and supporters of William of Orange
(who had assumed...
13 February 1689: James II having fled the kingdom the previous...
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13 February 1689
James II
having fled the kingdom the previous December, and his place been taken by his elder daughter and her husband, they assumed the throne jointly as King William III
and Queen Mary II
...
25 November 1689: The House of Commons accepted the final wording...
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25 November 1689
The House of Commons
accepted the final wording of the Revolution Settlement, or what became known as the Bill of Rights, the nearest thing to a British constitution.
28 December 1694: Queen Mary died of smallpox during a severe...
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28 December 1694
Queen Mary
died of smallpox during a severe epidemic, leaving her husband, William
, to reign alone.
April 1698: Jeremy Collier published his Short View of...
Writing climate item
April 1698
Jeremy Collier
published his Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage, a book in heavy-handed pamphlet style with exaggerated typography.
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