A Virgine and a Martyr both”
The Turn to Hagiography in Heywood’s Reformation History Play
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16347094 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gina M Di Salvo (University of Tennessee at Knoxville, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 133-167 |
| Publication date | 2019-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Renaissance and Reformation (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-429X • E-ISSN: 2293-7374 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Libraries - UOTL (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.33137/rr.v41i4.32453 |
| OpenAlex | W4391312784 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
This article considers the narrative and theatrical strategies used by Thomas Heywood to sanctify Elizabeth I as a virgin martyr saint in the remarkable, yet understudied, Reformation history play If You Know Not Me, You Know Nobody, Part I, or the Troubles of Queen Elizabeth (ca. 1605). I examine how Heywood reads against Foxe even as he draws on the history of the English Reformation from the Book of Martyrs to create a narrative of virgin martyrdom; I discuss how the play’s miraculous theatricality re-forms past iterations of religious knowledge in drama, and show that the play recovers hagiography for English Protestantism. I conclude by suggesting that Heywood invented the Stuart saint play
Art · Art history · Drama · English Reformation · Legend · Literature · Martyr · Narrative · Protestantism · SAINT · Theology · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · History · Philosophy · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |