Throughout her reign, Elizabeth I and her supporters used biblical analogies to perpetuate the Queen’s claim to be England’s providential Protestant monarch. While Elizabeth’s parallels with various biblical figures—including Deborah, Esther, Judith, David, Solomon, and Daniel—have all received varying levels of attention in the scholarship, this is the first analysis of how biblical analogy functioned as a religio-political tool for Elizabeth across her reign. Taking both a chronological and thematic approach, this book addresses this gap by analyzing Elizabeth and her supporters’ use of the Old Testament to provide justification for decisions (or the lack thereof), to offer counsel to the Queen, and to vindicate both female kingship and the royal supremacy. It argues that biblical analogies were a vital component of Elizabethan royal iconography, and that their widespread use demonstrates their potency as a tool for legitimizing and sustaining her power.
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Bibliographische Angaben
Auflage
1/2023
Copyrightjahr
2023
ISBN-Print
978-1-64189-381-7
ISBN-Online
978-1-80270-077-0
Verlag
Arc Humanities Press, Yorkshire
Reihe
Gender and Power in the Premodern World
Sprache
Englisch
Seiten
218
Produkttyp
Monographie
Inhaltsverzeichnis
KapitelSeiten
Table of contents Kein Zugriff
List of figures Kein Zugriff
Acknowledgments Kein Zugriff
Abbreviations and Textual Conventions Kein Zugriff
Dramatis Personae Kein Zugriff
Gender and Female Kingship Kein Zugriff
Biblical Analogy: A Contextual History Kein Zugriff
Book Overview Kein Zugriff
Precationes Privatae Kein Zugriff
Christian Prayers and Meditations Kein Zugriff
The Wisdom of Solomon Kein Zugriff
“As Solomon, so I above all things have desired wisdom” Kein Zugriff
Elizabeth and/as Deborah Kein Zugriff
Restoring “the light of God’s holy worde” to England Kein Zugriff
The European Protestant Cause Kein Zugriff
When the Swedish Sheba visited the English Solomon Kein Zugriff
The 1566 Oxford “Visitation” Kein Zugriff
Elizabeth’s First Decade Kein Zugriff
Queen Excommunicated: Responses and Aftermath Kein Zugriff
Refuting the Refuters Kein Zugriff
Loyalty and Legitimacy Kein Zugriff
Loyalty, Legitimacy, and the East Anglian Progress of 1578 Kein Zugriff
Enter the Jesuits Kein Zugriff
Encouraging—or Cudgelling—Loyalty Kein Zugriff
Embedding the Catholic Threat Kein Zugriff
1585: “wicked Traitors” meet God’s “goodnes and providence” Kein Zugriff
1586: Official and Popular Responses Kein Zugriff
1587: Legitimizing Regicide Kein Zugriff
1588: The Deliverance that “passeth all others” Kein Zugriff
1589: The “continuall providence and preservation of God” Kein Zugriff
1590: Queen Assailed Kein Zugriff
Dealing with the Catholic Threat, Typologically Kein Zugriff
In the Shadow of the Armada Kein Zugriff
The Second and Third Armadas Kein Zugriff
The Final Years: How Do You Solve a Problem Like Ireland? Kein Zugriff
Triumphal Protestantism Meets “Our good Hezekia” and “our gracious Debora” Kein Zugriff
Conclusion: Biblical Analogy and Providential Rule Kein Zugriff Seiten 183 - 186
Primary Sources Kein Zugriff
Secondary Sources Kein Zugriff
index Kein Zugriff Seiten 195 - 198
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