This collection examines the afterlives of early modern English and
French rulers. Spanning five centuries of cultural memory, the volume
offers case studies of how kings and queens were remembered,
represented, and reincarnated in a wide range of sources, from
contemporary pageants, plays, and visual art to twenty-first-century
television, and from premodern fiction to manga and romance novels. With
essays on well-known figures such as Elizabeth I and Marie Antoinette as
well as lesser-known monarchs such as Francis II of France and Mary
Tudor, Queen of France, Remembering Queens and Kings of Early Modern
England and France brings together reflections on how rulers live on in
collective memory.