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Genealogy and royal representation : Edmund Brudenell’s pedigree roll for Elizabeth I (1558–60)

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Trevisan, Sara (2018) Genealogy and royal representation : Edmund Brudenell’s pedigree roll for Elizabeth I (1558–60). Huntington Library Quarterly, 81 (2). pp. 257-275. doi:10.1353/hlq.2018.0011

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Abstract

This essay is the first study of a ninety-foot-long pedigree roll made for Elizabeth I in 1558–60 and now preserved at Hatfield House. Conceived and supervised by Edmund Brudenell of Deene Park—a Catholic gentleman and an amateur antiquary and genealogist—the pedigree traces Elizabeth’s descent from the Creation, via Adam and Eve, to the mythical and historical British, Saxon, and Norman kings. It also features the genealogies of European royal houses, the descent of the most important English aristocratic families, numerous textual extracts containing historical information, and lavish heraldic decorations. In the present essay, Sara Trevisan explores the sources and content of the pedigree roll—an intersection between medieval and early modern tradi- tions of royal genealogical discourse—and discusses its making, its social and political function, and the strategies it employed to construct a celebration of the queen’s right to rule.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CR Heraldry
C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CS Genealogy
D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D204 Modern History
D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain
Divisions: Faculty of Arts > Centre for the Study of the Renaissance
Journal or Publication Title: Huntington Library Quarterly
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISSN: 0018-7895
Official Date: 1 July 2018
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DateEvent
1 July 2018Published
10 December 2017Accepted
Volume: 81
Number: 2
Page Range: pp. 257-275
DOI: 10.1353/hlq.2018.0011
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Funder: Leverhulme Trust (LT). Research Research Fellowship, University of Warwick
Grant number: ECF-2015-245
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