Elizabeth's Preachers and the Government of Women: Defining and Correcting a Queen
Elizabeth and her preachers shared an uneasy relationship. They were both vassals and prophets; she was at the same time sovereign and sinner. This tension between spiritual and temporal authority was further complicated by the queen's sex: as men, the preachers saw her as by nature subordinate...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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1993
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The sixteenth century journal
Year: 1993, Volume: 24, Issue: 3, Pages: 561-576 |
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| Summary: | Elizabeth and her preachers shared an uneasy relationship. They were both vassals and prophets; she was at the same time sovereign and sinner. This tension between spiritual and temporal authority was further complicated by the queen's sex: as men, the preachers saw her as by nature subordinate to themselves. The preachers tacitly endorsed this traditional assumption both in their court and public sermons, as can be seen in their treatment of five recurring themes: their claims for their own authority and Elizabeth's obligations to the church, their attacks on courtly behavior, their recommendations for aggressive pursuit of military action, their personal remarks on Elizabeth's advancing age, and their portrayal of her as a helpless victim who depended on God for success in any military enterprise she reluctantly undertook. Thus, the preachers protected their own privileged position as God's spokesmen by stressing her dependence on him, and therefore on themselves. |
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| ISSN: | 2326-0726 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The sixteenth century journal
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/2542109 |
