CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2022
| Author | Eva Patyi |
|---|---|
| Title | Faces of a Queen: Depiction and Perception of Mary, Queen of Scots Through Sixteenth-Century Art and Literature |
| Summary | This project aims to explore the sixteenth-century debate of women and their legitimacy as monarchs in the British Isles, which for this purpose uses Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (1542-1587) as an example. By analyzing her contemporary literary perceptions and visual depictions, an apparent lack of connection between the two disciplines is detectable. By juxtaposing and considering together anti-female polemics and images made of Mary generally in the same period, the project sheds light to a correlation between the two disciplines. Close observation of anti-female polemics and various types of visual material show the different tools the authors and artists relied upon to justify their arguments. The project will ultimately find that both perceptions of Mary through written word and image aim to communicate a shared political purpose, either to defend the rule of women or to preach against it. |
| Supervisor | Radway, Robyn Dora ; Kontler László |
| Department | History MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2022/patyi_eva.pdf |
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