Arianne Chernock is a Professor of History at Boston University. She is a leading authority on the history of the British monarchy, and has provided expert commentary for libraries, museums and major news outlets (including The New York Times, National Public Radio, CNN, The Washington Post and The Boston Globe). Previous publications include Men and the Making of Modern British Feminism (2010) and The Right to Rule and the Rights of Women: Queen Victoria and the Women's Movement (Cambridge, 2019).

• Part I. Introductory: Introduction Arianne Chernock; 1. Victoria, political power, and the institutions of state Jonathan Parry; Part II. Queen Victoria's Roles and Remit in National Contexts: 2. Queen Victoria and the paradoxes of female sovereignty Margaret Homans and Adrienne Munich; 3. 'The highest in the land': Queen Victoria and Victorian religion Michael Ledger-Lomas; 4. Queen Victoria and (multi)national identity Alison Hight; 5. Fashioning the middle-class queen: Victoria and the consolidation of middle-class femininity Andrea Kaston Tange; 6. Queen Victoria – the first social media influencer? Anne Lyden; 7. Labours of love: Queen Victoria, Charlotte Brontë, and feminizing the body politic Gail Turley Houston; Part III. Queen Victoria's Roles and Remit in International and Imperial Frameworks: 8. Queen Victoria's imperial engagement Barbara Caine; 9. Queen Victoria and the bonds of empire in South Africa Charles V. Reed; 10. The Empress: Victoria's India and India's Victoria Siddharth Satpathy; 11. Queen Victoria and the Sikh empire Priya Atwal; 12. Indigenous peoples' uses of Queen Victoria: claims and contestations Sarah Carter and Maria Nugent; Part IV. Victoria's Legacies: Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II: Female sovereigns, feminine and feminist legacies Arianne Chernock.

Arianne Chernock is a Professor of History at Boston University. She is a leading authority on the history of the British monarchy, and has provided expert commentary for libraries, museums and major news outlets (including The New York Times, National Public Radio, CNN, The Washington Post and The Boston Globe). Previous publications include Men and the Making of Modern British Feminism (2010) and The Right to Rule and the Rights of Women: Queen Victoria and the Women's Movement (Cambridge, 2019).

• Part I. Introductory: Introduction Arianne Chernock; 1. Victoria, political power, and the institutions of state Jonathan Parry; Part II. Queen Victoria's Roles and Remit in National Contexts: 2. Queen Victoria and the paradoxes of female sovereignty Margaret Homans and Adrienne Munich; 3. 'The highest in the land': Queen Victoria and Victorian religion Michael Ledger-Lomas; 4. Queen Victoria and (multi)national identity Alison Hight; 5. Fashioning the middle-class queen: Victoria and the consolidation of middle-class femininity Andrea Kaston Tange; 6. Queen Victoria – the first social media influencer? Anne Lyden; 7. Labours of love: Queen Victoria, Charlotte Brontë, and feminizing the body politic Gail Turley Houston; Part III. Queen Victoria's Roles and Remit in International and Imperial Frameworks: 8. Queen Victoria's imperial engagement Barbara Caine; 9. Queen Victoria and the bonds of empire in South Africa Charles V. Reed; 10. The Empress: Victoria's India and India's Victoria Siddharth Satpathy; 11. Queen Victoria and the Sikh empire Priya Atwal; 12. Indigenous peoples' uses of Queen Victoria: claims and contestations Sarah Carter and Maria Nugent; Part IV. Victoria's Legacies: Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II: Female sovereigns, feminine and feminist legacies Arianne Chernock.