The cult of Elizabeth : Elizabethan portraiture and pageantry.
Strong, Roy.
1999
DA356 .S83 1999b (Mapit)
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Title The cult of Elizabeth : Elizabethan portraiture and pageantry.
Author Strong, Roy.
ISBN 9780712664813 paperback
0712664815 paperback
Imprint London : Pimlico, 1999.
Language English
Description 224 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Call Number DA356 .S83 1999b
Dewey Decimal Classification 757.0942
Summary No other woman in world history has been of such interest as Elizabeth Tudor. While the rest of Europe was at war, she was bringing peace to England. The author looks at her life to see what actually constituted the Elizabethan image.
Note No other woman in world history has been of such interest as Elizabeth Tudor. While the rest of Europe was at war, she was bringing peace to England. The author looks at her life to see what actually constituted the Elizabethan image.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series Pimlico (Series) ; 381.
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Three portraits. Introduction : the last pageant ; The Queen : Eliza triumphans ; The courtier : Hilliard's Young man amongst roses ; The ambassador : Sir Henry Unton and his portrait ; Conclusion : the Elizabethan image
Three pageants. Introduction : the royal image ; November's sacred Seventeenth Day ; Fair England's knights : the Accession Day Tournaments ; Saint George for England : the Order of the Garter ; Conclusion : Astraea's heir
Notes on the text
Appendix I : sources for the Accession Day Tilts
Appendix II : official accounts and descriptions of Elizabethan Garter Feasts.

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