Virgin mother, maiden queen : Elizabeth I and the cult of the Virgin Mary
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Virgin mother, maiden queen : Elizabeth I and the cult of the Virgin Mary
Macmillan, 1995
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 276-289) and index
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Description
Was Elizabeth I worshipped by her subjects? Many twentieth-century scholars have suggested that the Virgin Queen was a cult-figure who replaced the Virgin Mary. But how could this be in a Protestant state officially opposed to idolatry? Helen Hackett examines these issues through readings of a wide variety of Elizabethan texts. She traces some of the cross-currents in Elizabethan culture, and considers both Elizabeth and the Virgin Mary in terms of the history of representations of gender, sexuality and power.
Table of Contents
Abbreviations Acknowledgements A Note on the Text Introduction Before Elizabeth A New Queen 1560-78: The Meanings of Virginity 1578-82: Into Perpetual Virginity 1583-93: Patronage, Prayers and Pilgrimages The 1590s: The Literature of Disillusionment Towards Death, and Beyond It Epilogue: Adulation or Anxiety? Notes Bibliography Index
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