Virgin Mother, Maiden Queen
Elizabeth I and the Cult of the Virgin Mary
Hackett, H.
ISBN: | 9780333566640 |
Publisher: | Palgrave Schol, Print UK |
Published: | 26 October, 1994 |
Format: | Hardcover |
Language: | English |
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Virgin Mother, Maiden Queen
Elizabeth I and the Cult of the Virgin Mary
Hackett, H.
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.
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