Nicolaus Mameranus : Poetry and Politics at the Court of Mary Tudor.

Intro -- ‎Contents -- ‎Acknowledgements -- ‎Abbreviations -- ‎A Note on Translations and Conventions -- ‎Introduction -- ‎Chapter 1. The Last Laureate of Charles V: A New Approach to the Writing of Nicolaus Mameranus -- ‎1. Satirizing the Laureate Tradition -- ‎2. Entrance into the Guild -- ‎3. Looking Ahead -- ‎Chapter 2. The 1554 Epistles: Prospecting England's Place in the Habsburg Empire -- ‎1. The Marriage of Philip and Mary and the Reconciliation with Rome -- ‎2. War for Peace: Negotiating Philip's Role in the Habsburg-Valois Conflict -- ‎3. An Emerging Dynasty -- ‎Chapter 3. Celebrating the Marriage of Philip and Mary: The Political Rhetoric of Printed Epithalamia -- ‎1. The Epithalamium as a Literary Genre during the Renaissance -- ‎2. Junius's Philippeis and the Subjugation of Female Rule -- ‎3. Mameranus and the Union of Rulers -- ‎Chapter 4. Reassessing 1557: The Reunion of the Anglo-Habsburg Monarchy -- ‎1. The Return of the (Uncrowned) King -- ‎2. New Money for a New Empire: A Proposition to the King and Queen -- ‎3. Transcultural Attitudes at the Second Anglo-Habsburg Court -- ‎Chapter 5. Counselling the Queen: Princely Humanism and the Five Psalms of David -- ‎1. The Strict Moralism of a Mid-Century Humanist -- ‎2. Composing the Strena Mamerani -- ‎3. Adapting the Psalms for Marian England -- ‎Chapter 6. Reformation on the Road: Catholicism between Cologne and London -- ‎1. Mameranus in the City of Cologne -- ‎2. Spiritual Instruction: The Sacred Simplicity of Christian Living -- ‎3. Defending the Catholic Tradition -- ‎4. Patristic Scholarship between Cologne and England -- ‎5. Mameranus and His Appraisal of English Catholicism -- ‎Chapter 7. Remembering a Queen: Mary Tudor's Habsburg Funeral Ceremony -- ‎1. The Death of the English Queen -- ‎2. The Procession through Brussels -- ‎3. The Sermon of François Richardot -- ‎Conclusion.

‎1. The Literature and Politics of Marian England -- ‎2. 1557: Mary's Neglected Year -- ‎3. Catholic Counsel in the Mid-Century -- ‎Appendices -- ‎Appendix 1. Beso Las Manos (Translated by Tibble and Vos) -- ‎1. Introduction -- ‎2. Text and Translation -- ‎Appendix 2. Gratulatorium (Translated by Tibble and Vos) -- ‎1. Introduction -- ‎2. Text and Translation -- ‎Appendix 3. Psalmi Davidis quinque (Translated by Tibble and Vos) -- ‎1. Introduction -- ‎2. Text and Translation -- ‎Appendix 4. Oratio Dominica (Translated by Tibble and Vos) -- ‎1. Introduction -- ‎2. Text and Translation -- ‎Appendix 5. Bibliography of the Writings of Nicolaus Mameranus -- ‎Bibliography of Primary and Secondary Sources -- ‎Index.

A recovery of the revealing poetic and political commentary produced by the Imperial poet laureate Nicolaus Mameranus for the court of Mary Tudor during the visit of her husband, Philip II of Spain, in 1557.

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