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A PARADOX OF CONTRADICTIONS: HERMAPHRODITE WITH A CROWN

She was a woman who wished she was a man; a queen who aspired to be a scholar; a Protestant who turned to Rome; a monarch who loved power but gave up her crown. Such were the paradoxes of Queen … Continue reading

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LOVE THE STORM AND FEAR THE CALM

Christina of Sweden( 1626-89) was the paradoxical monarch. ”Astrologers predict she will be a boy, and when she is born with a caul over her pelvis, she is believed at first to be a boy. Her mother rejects her because … Continue reading

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