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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154977303321

Autore

Warwick Anne Dudley, Countess of, <1538-1587., >

Titolo

Anne, Margaret, and Jane Seymour / / selected and introduced by Brenda Hosington ; general editors, Betty S. Travitsky and Patrick Cullen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-351-95800-3

1-315-26242-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (204 pages)

Collana

The Early Modern Englishwoman: A Facsimile Library of Essential Works  Series I,  Printed Writings 1500-1640: Part 2 ; ; Volume 6

Altri autori (Persone)

CullenPatrick <1940->

HosingtonBrenda

SeymourJane, Lady

SeymourMargaret, Lady

TravitskyBetty <1942->

Disciplina

820.80928709031

Soggetti

English literature - Early modern, 1500-1700

Women - England - History - Renaissance, 1450-1600

Women - England - History - 17th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 200 by Ashgate Publishing.

Latin text and French translation.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Hecatodistichon -- Le tombeau de Marguerite de Valois.

Sommario/riassunto

Despite the fame their work brought them, and despite the importance of their parents in mid-Tudor England, relatively little is known of the lives of Anne, Margaret and Jane Seymour - daughters of Anne Stanhope and the Duke of Somerset. In 1550, aged roughly eighteen, sixteen and nine, these three noblewomen composed a Latin poem of 104 distichs on the death of Marguerite de Navarre, which they sent to their former tutor, Nicolas Denisot, now living in Paris. Entitled Annae, Margaritae, Janae, Sororum virginum heroidum anglarum, in mortem Divae Margaritae Valesiae, navarrorum Reginae, Hecatodistichon, it was the first formal and original verse encomium in Latin penned by a female author to be printed in England. The Hecatodistichon was published in Paris in 1550 by Denisot, as the cornerstone of a collective



tumulus, or commemorative volume, dedicated to Marguerite. The French literati were swift to respond to the appearance of the volume. In 1551 Denisot republished the Seymour's poem in a completely new volume with a French title that emphasised the collective nature of the Tombeau volume. Both volumes are reproduced here from editions held at the British Library.