The Cult of Elizabeth: Elizabethan Portraiture and Pageantry
by Strong, Roy
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- ISBN 10
- 0712664815
- ISBN 13
- 9780712664813
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London: Pimlico, 1999. 224 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. "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." - Publisher. CONTENTS: 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.. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 4to.
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- Title
- The Cult of Elizabeth: Elizabethan Portraiture and Pageantry
- Author
- Strong, Roy
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0712664815
- ISBN 13
- 9780712664813
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1999
- Size
- 4to
- Bookseller catalogs
- European / 4. Renaissance; European / British & Irish; Genre & Subject / Portraiture;
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