Catholic Imaginary and the Cults of Elizabeth, 1558-1582

Stephen Hamrick demonstrates how poets writing in the first part of Elizabeth I''s reign proved instrumental in transferring Catholic worldviews and paradigms to the cults and early anti-cults of Elizabeth. Stephen Hamrick provides a detailed analysis of poets who used Petrarchan poetry to transform many forms of Catholic piety, ranging from confession and transubstantiation to sacred scriptures a...