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- Alexander Samson, Mary and Philip: The marriage of Tudor England and Habsburg Spain

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- Alexander Samson, Mary and Philip: The marriage of Tudor England and Habsburg Spain

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- Alexander Samson, Mary and Philip: The marriage of Tudor England and Habsburg Spain

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- Alexander Samson, Mary and Philip: The marriage of Tudor England and Habsburg Spain

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On the eve of the defining event of England’s tortuous sixteenth-century relationship with Spain, the Gran Armada, the Jesuit Pedro de Ribadeneira published the Historia Ecclesiastica del scisma del Reyno de Inglaterra (Ecclesiastical history of the schism of the kingdom of England), a book that appeared that portentous year of 1588, in editions at Antwerp from the Plantin press, twice in Madrid on July 20 and then on September 16, as well as in Barcelona, Valencia, Zaragosa and Lisbon. There were two further editions in Madrid the following year, from two different printers, and another Lisbon version, again from a different press. A slew of five further republications of this treatise followed between 1593-5. This cluster-bombing publication cannot be separated from the pressing contemporary need for propaganda, a battle of hearts and minds, to parallel the attempted land invasion by Alejandro Farnesio, Duke of Parma’s troops on ships commanded by Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, Duke of Medina Sidonia. For a work of propaganda, however, Ribadeneira’s account is surprisingly anodyne in its treatment of Elizabeth I, the figure the military operations sought to usurp and displace. (..) Where there was an obvious whiff of scandal, Ribadeneira inexplicably refrains from exploiting it. The suggestion that Elizabeth had consummated her relationship with Robert Dudley is resisted, although the rumor that he had his wife murdered to clear the way for a marriage is recorded. It is odd that Ribadeneira lets this golden opportunity to blacken her reputation pass, but what is notable about this account is that while at times he does not use the term ‘queen’ when talking about Elizabeth, there is no imputation of sexual impropriety, despite her association with evil exempla, biblical and classical women like Athalia, Eudoxia, and Jezebel.

Alexander Samson, “Cervantes Upending Ribadeneira: Elizabeth I and the Reformation in Early Modern Spain” in The Image of Elizabeth I in Early Modern Spain by Eduardo Olid Guerrero (ed.) and Esther Fernández (ed.)

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“Alex!” He chimed, eyes lighting up as he made his way over to the man. Xander wasn’t expecting to his friend out on the street, but here he was, with an old buddy that he was still so excited to see. “Hey, man,” He spoke enthusiastically. “It’s really good to see you. How are you doing?” Xander was genuinely curious as to how Alex had been since the last time he’d seen him.