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The compelling new standalone novel from the Sunday Times No. 1
bestselling author of Unseen and Cop Town. With a missing girl in
the news, Claire Scott can't help but be reminded of her sister,
who disappeared twenty years ago in a mystery that was never
solved. But when Claire begins to learn the truth about her sister,
nothing will ever be the same.
English royal funeral ceremony from Mary, Queen of Scots to James I
gives fascinating insight into the relationship between power and
ritual at the renaissance court. This book represents the first
detailed study into English royal funeral ceremonies of the period,
building on earlier scholarship dealing with the French royal
funeral and with the social history of death and burial in early
modern England. Funeral rituals are approached as performances, and
placed in their political, religious and broader cultural contexts,
showing them to be a microcosm of cultural change. The impact of
the Reformation, with its strongiconophobic strain, on a ritual
process which was centred on the display of a life-sized image of
the dead monarch, is explored. Later, the counter influence of the
Arminianism and Continental art is considered in relation to
theapotheosis of the theatre of death under the early Stuarts, with
particular reference to the funeral of James I. Earlier individual
funeral occasions are also addressed, with varied focus. The author
shows how the obsequiesof Elizabeth I were used to help establish
the new Stuart dynasty; the sudden death of the young Henry Stuart,
heir to the throne, led to a funeral quite different in atmosphere
and political purpose. The death rituals of Mary, Queen of Scots
(both the ceremonies staged in the wake of her execution, and the
monuments and funeral performances created years later by her son,
James) are analysed in depth: the emergent picture of the
deliberate manipulation of the Scottish Queen's posthumous image
provides a fascinating insight into the relationship between power
and ritual at the renaissance court. Dr JENNIFER WOODWARD gained
her Ph.D. from the University of Warwick.__________________
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Hoppity Poppity (Paperback)
Hannah Gingerich; Jennifer Woodward
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