Queen Elizabeth I and Her Court - Hardcover

Hopkins, Lisa

9780312035686: Queen Elizabeth I and Her Court

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312035683 ISBN 13: 9780312035686

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 1990

Explores the impact especially on women of the switch to Protestantism, and the ways Elizabeth presented herself as a symbolic substitute for the Virgin Mary, in the context of the elaborate pageantry of the reign and the literary and visual expressions of her cult. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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Synopsis:

A description and analysis of the court culture of Elizabeth I. The psychological impact of the switch to Protestantism, particularly on women, is examined. It also traces the development of Elizabethan pageantry and assesses the meaning of tournaments, chivalric rituals and entertainments.

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