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Queen Catherine Parr played a vital role in promulgating Protestantism and humanist learning in Tudor England both by producing and patronizing religious works in the vernacular. Her first work, Pray...
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In the following essay, Hoffman assesses Parr's career as an author, finding that although she was not a significant literary figure, her writings represent important historical documents and t...
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In the following essay, James examines Parr's involvement in the publication of works of humanist scholarship and the queen's own writings on religion.
Between the spring of 1544 and the...
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In the following essay, Haugaard explores Parr's religious beliefs, including her acceptance of Reformation doctrine and her desire for peace and unity, and suggests how they influenced her cou...
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In the following essay, Bainton offers an account of Parr's religious attitudes and influence from the Protestant chronicler John Foxe, and goes on to assess her religious stance by looking at ...
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In the following essay, Martienssen discusses Parr's humanist intentions and activities, and provides details on the queen's relationship with the religious martyr Anne Askew.
Katherine ...
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In the following essay, King examines the influence of Parr on the development of women's learning and religious life in sixteenth-century England.
At the very end of the reign of Henry VIII (1...
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In the following essay, Mueller discusses the achievement of Parr's Lamentations and examines its origins and composition, and in so doing raises questions about gender and authorship.
Did wome...
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In the following essay, Mueller offers an account of Parr's Prayers or Meditations, which she says is more than a gesture to affirm her status in the royal household. It is, she states, a work ...
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In the following excerpt, Dowling surveys Parr's intellectual and religious activities.
Henry's sixth wife tried to revive something of the pious and cultured atmosphere that had formerl...
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In the following essay, Mueller investigates the source of Parr's metaphor of “the book of the crucifix,” which had its source in a sermon by John Fisher, and compares the two wri...
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Catherine Parr
Critical Essay by C. Fenno Hoffman, Jr.
