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Mother Queens and Princely Sons

Rogue Madonnas in the Age of Shakespeare
By:S. Ray
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9781137003799
eText ISBN:9781137003805
Edition:0
Copyright:2012
Format:Page Fidelity

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This study explores representations of the Madonna and Child in early modern culture. It considers the mother and son as a conceptual, religio-political unit and examines the ways in which that unit was embodied and performed. Of primary interest is the way mothers derived agency from bearing incipient rulers.