Queen of Heaven : The Assumption and Coronation of the Virgin in Early Modern English Writing.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (311 pages)
- ReFormations: Medieval and Early Modern Series .
- ReFormations: Medieval and Early Modern Series .
Cover -- Half Title -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on the Text -- Introduction: The Vanishing Virgin? -- 1. The Virgin's Assumption and Coronation through the Ages -- Part I. "Some Out of Vanity Will Call Her the Queene of Heaven" -- 2. The Queen of Heaven in Protestant Religious Discourse -- 3. Sham Queens of Heaven: Iconoclasm and the Virgin Mary -- Part II. Voices from the Shadows -- 4. The Virgin Mary and the Godly Protestant Woman -- 5. The Queen of Heaven and the Sonnet Mistress: The Sacred and Secular Poems of Henry Constable -- 6. A Garland of Aves: The Queen of Heaven and the Rosary -- 7. The Assumption and Coronation in the Poetry of Robert Southwell -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Grindlay's study of the Virgin Mary affords an insight into England's religious pluralism and how images of Mary became sources of resistance and controversy during the Reformation.