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

by Matthew Tibble

In Nicolaus Mameranus, Matthew Tibble recovers an obscure but revealing body of poetry and political commentary that the Imperial poet laureate Nicolaus Mameranus produced for the court of Mary I of England during the visit of her husband, Philip II of Spain, in 1557.
Where most studies portray this period as one of decline and decay, Tibble argues instead that, for many Catholics, 1557 was characterised by hope and a sense of progression...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004411739
• ISBN13: 9789004411739
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 404 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"