"A more natural mother": Concepts of maternity and queenship in early modern England
Early in her reign, in response to Parliament's formal requests that she marry and secure the succession, Elizabeth calls herself the "mother of England." Her metaphorical maternity signals a rhetorical transaction between Elizabeth and her people that stretches across time, space, an...
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ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst
2014
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| Online Access: | https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3615453 |