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FÊTING THE QUEEN Civic Entertainments and the Elizabethan Progress JOHN M. ADRIAN This page intentionally left blank FÊTING THE QUEEN a volume in the series Massachusetts Studies in Early Modern Culture edited by Arthur Kinney FÊTING THE QUEEN Civic Entertainments and the Elizabethan Progress JOHN M. ADRIAN University of Massachusetts Press Amherst and Boston Copyright © 2021 by University of Massachusetts Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America ISBN 978- 1- 62534-6 29- 2 (paper); 628- 5 (hardcover) Designed by Sally Nichols Set in Perpetua Printed and bound by Books International, Inc. Cover design by Rebecca Niemark, Twenty-Six Letters Cover art by T. Allon, detail of The Festivities at Kenilworth in Honour of Queen Elizabeth, c. 1575. From the publication Warwick Castle and Its Earls: From Saxon Times to the Present Day, by Frances Evelyn Maynard Greville, published by E.P. Dutton, 1903. Flickr/Wikimedia Commons. Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Names: Adrian, John M., 1975–a uthor. Title: Fêting the queen : civic entertainments and the Elizabethan progress / John M. Adrian. Description: Amherst ; Boston : University of Massachusetts Press, [2021] | Series: Massachusetts studies in early modern culture | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2021016897 (print) | LCCN 2021016898 (ebook) | ISBN 9781625346285 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781625346292 (paperback) | ISBN 9781613769058 (ebook) | ISBN 9781613769041 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533– 1603— Travel— England. | Great Britain— History— Elizabeth, 1558– 1603. | England— Social life and customs— 16th century. | Processions—E ngland— History—1 6th century. | Festivals— England— History— 16th century. | Hospitality— England— History— 16th century. | Visits of state— England— History— 16th century. Classification: LCC DA356 .A37 2021 (print) | LCC DA356 (ebook) | DDC 942.05/5— dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021016897 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021016898 British Library Cataloguing- in- Publication Data A catalog record for this book is available from the British Library. Chapter 2 was previously published as “‘A supplicacion for the Havon’: Sandwich, Civic Pageantry, and Queen Elizabeth I’s Visit of 1573,” in Explorations in Renaissance Culture, 43, no. 1 (May 2017): 30– 55. Chapter 4 was previously published as “‘Warlike pastimes’ and the ‘sottell Snaek’ of Rebellion: Bristol, Queen Elizabeth, and the Entertainments of 1574” in Studies in Philology, 111, no. 4 (Fall 2014): 720– 37. Used by permission. To my girls, Wendy and Isabella This page intentionally left blank CONTENTS Preface ix Acknowledgments xiii Abbreviations xv INTRODUCTION 1 CHAPTER ONE OXFORD, 1566 43 CHAPTER TWO SANDWICH, 1573 99 CHAPTER THREE CANTERBURY, 1573 121 CHAPTER FOUR BRISTOL, 1574 161 CHAPTER FIVE WORCESTER, 1575 185 CHAPTER SIX NORWICH, 1578 217 CONCLUSION 269 Notes 291 Bibliography 333 Index 345 vii This page intentionally left blank
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