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The Drama of coronation : medieval ceremony in early modern England

Hunt, Alice 1974- (Author).

Summary: The coronation was, and perhaps still is, one of the most important ceremonies of a monarch's reign. This book examines the five coronations that took place in England between 1509 and 1559. It considers how the sacred rite and its related ceremonies and pageants responded to monarchical and religious change, and charts how they were interpreted by contemporary observers. Hunt challenges the popular position that has conflated royal ceremony with political propaganda and argues for a deeper understanding of the symbolic complexity of ceremony. At the heart of the study is an investigation into the vexed issues of legitimacy and representation which leads Hunt to identify the emergence of an important and fruitful exchange between ceremony and drama. This exchange will have significant implications for our understanding both of the period's theatre and of the cultural effects of the Protestant Reformation.

Record details

ISBN: 9780521885393
ISBN: 0521885396
ISBN: 9780511485411
ISBN: 9780511438325
ISBN: 9780511437656
ISBN: 9780511436192
ISBN: 0511485417
ISBN: 051143832X
ISBN: 051143765X
ISBN: 051143619X
Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 242 pages)
remote
Computer data.
Publisher: Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:april.19 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Why crown a king? Henry VIII and the medieval coronation -- 'Come my love thou shalbe crowned': the drama of Anne Boleyn's coronation -- 'But a ceremony': Edward VI's reformed coronation and John Bale's King Johan -- 'He hath sent Marye our soveraigne and Quene': England's first queen and Respublica -- 'A stage wherein was shewed the wonderfull spectacle': representing Elizabeth I's coronation.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by EBSCO.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.